• palordrolap@fedia.io
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      Because, for all his faults, he’s critical of Russia.

      Russia would much rather have someone at the helm more amenable to Russian politics, seeking to undermine the European help that Ukraine has been getting from other nations.

      And they’re getting impatient, running out of money and can’t wait around for the next UK general election.

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        Even so, get rid of Starmer and it’s not like Corbyn is going to come back and be labour leader again.

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          Corbyn was and is no more pro-Russia than Starmer, despite the fact that a lot of anti-Corbyn propaganda painted him that way back when he was in charge of the party.

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            Corbyn was much better than Starmer overall, but his reaction to Ukraine, and Russia more broadly, was weak AF. He was calling for a ceasefire and addressing Russia’s “legitimate grievances” then they were on the outskirts of Kyiv. If the fighting had stopped then and the Russians could dig in it would have been the end of Ukraine as an independent state.

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      Exactly, Starmer is the best thing that could’ve happened to Russia and their Reform tools. He’s throwing the country into his pet fascists’ arms. This is bullshit, and the BBC, already bad enough in being used by powerful groups, had another purge just last year for correctly laying out the US president’s bullshit around the 2020 election.