This Once Great Movement Of Ours

[CityofSinners]

It's quite simple for me. If Starmer gets fined and it's not an egregious miscarriage of justice he has to resign.
Can't attack Johnson like that and then get fined. That is just asking to get punished the next election.

May not be fair, but Labour is there to win elections not protect their leader.

[CityofSinners]

The people hating this the most are the police officers and lawyers working on the Beergate case. Their horror scenario is the following.

Starmer gets fined, resigns and then challenges his fine in court. Nothing to lose once he has resigned. Losing that court case would be a s*itshow of epic proportions.
There would be non-stop media coverage, inquiries and the labour party on the warpath.

For that reason I doubt the Durham police will issue any FNP that they are not 100% confident in.

[CityofSinners]

I agree with MABA. With the current polling lead and the barely healed divisions in the party between the left wing and the moderates a leadership election is a huge risk.

Starmer is not a great candidate but a decent partyleader. Choosing someone more charismatic can also have it's downside. These people are often less capable dealing with the internal party politics.

[CityofSinners]

Bit of a bizarre suicide-by-cop situation, but I wouldn't have indulged him and don't really see the point in doing so.

If you don't give Tarry the firing he wants, his most logical move would be to escalate. Give even more interviews, make up more policy and escalate attacks on the party for not backing the strikes.

At that point Starmer has to fire him, if he wants to keep any credibility. Which gives you the same result just with a bigger more drawn out story.

There is no good solution. Firing Tarry and getting it over with seems the least damaging.

[CityofSinners]

The message discipline is impressive. The current Israel-Gaza conflict would have ript apart the party under Corbyn.

[CityofSinners]

After all the drama during the Corbyn years, the Starmer ''drama'' just doesn't hit the same.
Which is a good thing for their electoral performances but boring for us.