80% of the media is controlled by right-wingers. It’s zero tolerance for Labour, whilst Farage gets puff pieces and free publicity with no challenges to his wand-waving policy-free bullshit.
Also, sad to say: the white working class has a high percentage of racists and xenophobes.
Also, sad to say: the white working class has a high percentage of racists and xenophobes.
Which is why racial sensitivity courses should be compulsory for anyone using racist language. Like speed awareness courses for speeding drivers.
Because politics has become entertainment. Starmer is boring, Farage is entertaining.
Starmer is not trying. To busy kneeling in front of billionaires and corporation owners.
The media love Farage and hate Starmer. The media is predominantly right wing, so it’s no surprise.
Starmer – while the head of a party that has increased workers rights, nationalised rail/steel/Great British Energy, introduced VAT on private schooling, massively increased minimum wage for many, bringing the NHS back into elected official’s control, expanded free school meals, northern infrastructure improvements, etc – is pretty centrist, so many natural Labour voters won’t like him either.
Add to that how strong a voting bloc pensioners are and the scrapping of WFA pissing them off.
It doesn’t help that Labour is, for the most part, doing things that will take a long time to see any major positive effects from. Building out nuclear and renewables won’t help much in the immediate term. Nor will planning permission changes, NHS changes, infrastructure/public transport improvements, etc.
On the one hand I’m glad to have a government that’s doing some forward thinking for once, but Starmer needs some wins fast otherwise this won’t get any better.
