# Keir Starmer tries to lead the UK

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 6, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keir-starmer-tries-to-lead-the-uk/1003805 "2024-07-06T06:46:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keir-starmer-tries-to-lead-the-uk/1003805/149 "2024-08-21T12:57:47Z")

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My inner pessimist after reading this:  
Labour will be perceived as a failure whatever they do and the next government will be basically Nazis.  
I hope my inner pessimist is wrong but he’s being depressingly right lately.

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