Martin Concagh: The thing about Starmer is that I don’t think he would see the contradiction in that

I like Rayner quite a lot, but Starmer absolutely would do the exact same thing and meet with JKR the next afternoon anyway.

Wait, she's wearing a trans rights button. Who do i have to kill to replace keir with her?

The thing about Starmer is that I don’t think he would see the contradiction in that

To be fair "meeting with" is very milquetoast. I'd happily meet with JKR! I just wouldn't then enact any of her policy preferences.

Yes, I mean, that's also true.

I didn't mean to undermine your point which I think is not unfair, but basically I just don't get that bothered with who politicians meet up and be polite to as long as it doesn't affect the actual way they wield their platforms and power.

This is very true. The interesting thing about the man is that a lot of things that read as hypocrisy to me also seem to be his genuinely held beliefs.

In this regard he is quite different eg. from Blair, who was a mad evangelist for deliberate hypocrisy.

I mean I also think this is as simple as 'he is somewhere on the centre-left but he is also 61 years old'

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