Jan 11, 2024
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A new book chronicles how Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used âany means necessaryâ to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer.
But the most serious failing of Get In is that it fails to probe the fundamental question of whether McSweeneyism really has succeeded in repairing Labourâs relationship with the electorate.
In 2019 Jeremy Corbyn, hamstrung by Brexit, confronted by a united opposition and facing ferocious hostility from the entirety of the press and most of his own parliamentary party, obtained 10,269,051 votes.
In 2024 Keir Starmer had a united party, faced a disgraced and discredited government undermined by a resurgent Reform Party, and enjoyed a largely compliant press. He obtained 9,708,716 votes.
In his own constituency Starmerâs vote halved to 18,884. You would have no idea this was the case from reading Get In.
McSweeneyâs achievement was to distribute the Labour vote with hyper-efficiency, pulling off a conjuring trick that enabled the party to obtain two thirds of the parliamentary seats with one third of the votes â a distortion without precedent in British parliamentary history.
Since then Labourâs support has plummeted. Reform now leads in the polls.
And McSweeneyâs performative cruelty to the remnants of Corbynism has achieved the remarkable feat of opening up a meaningful political space to the left of the Labour Party.
Starmerâs so-called âlandslide victoryâ is built on sand
A deeply unpopular leader, Starmer has not secured the resounding endorsement his 412 seat tally would suggest, while record numbers of Green and independent MPs could pose a robust leftist challenge to Starmerâs Government Ââ if they get organised
Keir Starmer, an ersatz Blair without a hint of his charisma or vision, is now Prime Minister, despite securing a vote share six percentage points lower than Jeremy Corbyn in 2017. These results expose the widespread disillusionment, if not outright resentment, towards both Labour and the Tories. Smaller parties and independents had a great showing, with shock wins for Greens and pro-Palestine independents, but also Farage's Reform Party (if indeed you can call a limited company with a CEO and no membership a party). However, a large minority of eligible voters chose not to vote at all, with turnout dropping to 60 percent. This matches the record low set in 2001, when everyone knew Blair was set to be re-elected on a landslide. In elections expected to produce a new government, turnout usually rises â but not so this time. Shockingly, Labourâs mantra of âfalse hope is worse than no hopeâ failed to inspire any hope for real change.
It is a damning indictment of our voting system that a party can win over two thirds of seats and celebrate a âlandslide victoryâ after winning over just one in five eligible voters. (Out of the 60 percent who voted, Labour only won a third of the vote.) Thanks to our twee unwritten constitution, this technical win grants Keir Starmer the right to form an electoral dictatorship for the next five years. However, the results do offer some silver linings...
Corbyn won his seat as an independent with a 7,250 vote lead over Labour, after he was blocked from running as Labourâs candidate in Islington North, a seat he'd held for 40 years. Labour also lost Chingford and Woodford Green to Ian Duncan Smith, after Faiza Shaheen was similarly blocked by Labour on dubious grounds and continued her campaign as an independent â ultimately this helped IDS win with around 17,200 votes, compared to Faiza Shaheen and the Labour candidate who each got around 12,500 votes. Shadow cabinet minister Jonathon Ashworth lost his seat to a pro-Palestine independent, along with three other Labour MPs, while another pro-Palestine independent left prominent Terf and shadow health minister Wes Streeting clinging on by a thread. Israel's brutal escalation of its 75 year-long genocide in Palestine has not only dismayed Muslims and anti-Semites, as the media love to imply, but a diverse coalition of people united by their outrage at leading politicians excusing, if not actively cheerleading, such barbarity. These results prove there is an electoral cost for enabling rogue states to commit crimes against humanity.
Beyond the three largest parties, the balance of power in Parliament now lies with a socialist, environmentalist, pro-Palestine left. The Greens won all four of their target seats â not only in the young, urban constituencies of Brighton Pavilion and Bristol Central, but also in the rural, once solidly Tory constituencies of Waveney Valley and North Herefordshire â an achievement few really thought possible. (Greens and pro-Palestine independents also came second in a record number of constituencies, laying the ground for more gains next time.) Those four Green MPs, along with Corbyn and the other four pro-Palestine independents, make up nearly double Reformâs five MPs. As such, we will have a principled leftist grouping in Parliament, not beholden to the Labour whip, to hold Starmer to account.
There is hope the new pro-Palestine independents can put aside subtle philosophical differences and work together to offer a robust left opposition to Starmer. We could see Corbyn and other independents join the Green Party. This would be a strategic move; they could still reasonably claim to be independent voices for their constituents as Green MPs, as the Green Party does not whip its MPs like other parties. Meanwhile, they would benefit from this established partyâs resources, networks and mass membership. The highly democratic structure of the party means, if they brought a lot of their voters with them, new Green MPs could even secure a change to any Green policies they disagreed with. As for socialist Labour MPs, we could even see some defect to the Greens now they've secured their seats, especially if Labour remains a deeply hostile environment for them. Defections from Labour seem unlikely at this stage, but they cannot be ruled out.
More than anything, we should take heed that our best chance of enacting real change lies in our communities, through grassroots organising and direct, solidaristic action. Green and pro-Palestine independents only won by rooting themselves in their communities, engaging with the voters they hoped to represent, and inspiring masses of people to join their campaigns. We cannot rely on career politicians, whose class interests are diametrically opposed to ours, to protect us and our interests.
There's more to politics than elections, which only come around every few years and, all too often, seem to yield no real change. Real progress does not come from above. It is not gifted to us by the powers on high. It is fought for, from the ground up. In the words of Frederick Douglass, power concedes nothing without a demand. We must keep faith, keep fighting and keep organising. This election shows us that hard work can bear fruit. We know a better world is possible, but we won't achieve it by just voting. Itâs on us to bring it about.
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First of all, his love languages are physical touch, words of affirmation and quality time.
He always asks you to paint his nails or if you do your own on acrylics he will want the same design in gelish.
He always wants to combine everything with you.
Whether it's clothes, nail art, accessories, whatever.
Lots of gifts, whether they are small details or letters that he make by hand.
There was one time when he wrote you a little poem on a napkin when you were on a date night.
When he writes songs you are the first one he shows them to.
Loves you too much.
He dedicates songs to you.
Anything, gift or whatever you give him, he keeps in a box that he has in his apartment.
When you no longer want to walk, he carries you on his back.
He lets you dye his hair.
He definitely uses your boobs as his personal pillow after a long day.
He adores, no, he loves you stroking his hair when you're both about to sleep.
You accompany him with the boys to record in the studio.
You are Daniel's best friend.
Him making pranks to you and you getting upset because of it.
When someone in an interview mentions you, he immediately start smiling.
Him being a great simp for you.
The boys teasing him about it.
All the parts that he plays in love songs and he has to write, he does it with you in mind.
Faithful believer that both are made for each other and will never end.
He is capable of telling you that he is pregnant if you ever think about breaking up with him.
With his antics you never get bored.
He always insists that both of you should sleep together.
Or he also insists that you should shower together to "save water".
Which brings us to shower sex if you accept his proposal.
But if you don't accept, he'll pout and cling to you like a flea and look at you with pleading eyes for you to accept.
When the two of you are together in a crowded place, he keeps you next to him or within his line of sight so he doesn't lose you.
He lets you do your makeup or skincare routine on him.
He steals food from your plate.
He would adopt a puppy to be your son.
Night talks about what your future together would be like.
He is excited to talk about what your ideal wedding of both would be like.
He always tries to get you to accompany him on all his tours.
But when you can't or you have something to do, you always receive him at the airport.
After each concert you wait for him backstage, when he sees you he hugs you strongly grateful for having you in his life to share his achievements.
Lots of kisses on the forehead.
Quickies between rehearsals or sound check.
The boys know what you do when you both disappear together.
The fans adore you and accept you as their boy's girl.
Beautiful edits of both on TikTok.
Your social media of both are full of your relationship.
Ashley, his sister, adores you.
And also all his family.
Whenever they have a family reunion or travel, his mother asks Corbyn to invite you.
Ashley having a fanpage about your relationship with her brother.
And she has also proclaimed herself as the president of the fan club of your relationship.
Him acting like a little kid around you.
You are definitely the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with.
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