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Sir Keir Starmer: Pillar of The Establishment and Destroyer of the British Labour Party
It had been evident for some time when Jeremy Corbyn was still Labour leader that Sir Keir Starmer was the heir apparent and that if the 2019 General Election was lost — which it was — he would inherit the throne. And so it transpired.
Starmer had not wanted to leave Europe and was vocal within the Party about forcing a 2nd Referendum which I assume, he believed, would overturn the first result. But having a second vote to get the desired outcome that you wish for is not Democracy. And this seems to be a theme that runs through the leadership of the Labour Party by Starmer today.
Starmer has responsibility for the split within the Labour Party — through support for the 2nd Referendum and no support for the vote on Brexit — that occurred just prior to the 2019 Election. A disunited party cannot fight an Election and especially if it is not united over Brexit which had already been been voted for. It was catastrophic for the Labour Party. The wall of Labour seats in the North of England — known as the ‘Northern Wall’ — collapsed and turned blue. Tory blue.
The right-wing now had their opportunity. They had been waiting ever since Jeremy Corbyn became Leader. The knives had already been out but Corbyn’s and Labours performance in 2017 — where Labour came so close to victory — stopped them in mid-swing. They had to sheath their swords and bide their time. Their disloyalty to the Leader never stopped. They were instrumental in the allegations of antisemitism that began to infest the Party and cripple Corbyn’s leadership. Antisemitism had been weaponised to stop Labour and Corbyn from winning. This and the division over Brexit internally destroyed Corbyn and a radical manifesto put forward by Labour to get Britain out of its cascading crises under the Tory Party.
But the damage had been done. It was deliberate and it was targeted. The right-wing Blairite supporting faction of the Labour Party was triumphant. Time to anoint the new King. So Starmer was crowned. A knight already but now a King. He had been Director of The CPS. A bonafide member of the British Establishment was now taking over. The Labour Party was being made safe.
