# 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:** [February 5, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keir-starmer-tries-to-lead-the-uk/1003805/253 "2025-02-05T20:23:12Z")

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> [@UK General Election {2024-07-04}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-2024-07-04/1001932/181):
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> Here’s the scary part, and I speak from experience, the center - right is about to be replaced by a milquetoast center - left, if the new government doesn’t work, it may very well be replaced by the extreme - right.

> [@Keir Starmer tries to lead the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keir-starmer-tries-to-lead-the-uk/1003805/149):
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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.

Damn you, inner pessimist!

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