Sorry, one gripe about today's news.
I love this country and I'm not afraid to say it. I really, genuinely do.
The Labour Party too mustn't be afraid of saying, especially its leaders.
One key reason I think Corbyn lost is Brits largely didn't largely believe he loved it too.
The gripe is this: some on the modern (Twitter) left believe declaring pride / love of your country, call it patriotism, is 'shameless pandering'.
That's the problem. They cannot conceive that anyone on the left could believe such a thing.
And so we end up with really silly debates about whether Lisa Nandy sounded like she was echoing Britain First.
They folks don't even see the language of patriotism unless it's by the (English) far-right. So of course their view of this whole debate is distorted.
You may think Corbyn's message was distorted by the media, and that's also true. But then you have to try hard to dispel that notion.
He did it, half-heartedly. Nothing after this.
So it's not surprising that Starmer's team have to work even harder.
newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…
Yes, absolutely.
The socialist founders of the Labour Party and Trade Unions have always been the bastion / face of patriotism. Why aren't they anymore?
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