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Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour party
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2026
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Railway nationalisation needed new legislation this parliament to enact it. If we're blaming Starmer for "continuing austerity" (despite what he's done to reverse it, like lifting the two child benefit cap) and crediting the Tories for rail nationalisation, then I have to ask who's side we're on.
It's one thing when it's the media doing this kind of mud-dragging, another when it's the supposed left-wing comments section of Lemmy.
How long will you be supporting your current darling - be that Burnham or someone else, should they get into power? How long will it take you to credit all their successes to someone else, all the failures of the country and the world to them, and focus on the latter to the exclusion of all else?
Starmer didn't lift the two child benefit cap, his backbenchers did.