Starmer won more than twice as many votes as Long Bailey - very convincing win, Rayner also won more than twice as many votes as her nearest competitor
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Whatever your own politics this is a really big moment - Labour could now be an opposition that gets things done + carries out effective scrutiny - irrespective of anyone's ideas, Labour under Corbyn struggled ever to do that
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It's not healthy in our political system to have a govt without effective opposition - it makes the compass wonky, Starmer has a massive task to get the Party to start working in that way again, actually, to make it function in a way that's anything like normal
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Labour fell SO far behind in the last few years, when Starmer says it's a 'mountain to climb' - it's like crossing the Himalayas without oxygen - but the party is HUGE, and Corbyn created a massive membership base
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Remember too in Dec, many voters we talked to expressed no particular affection for Johnson or the Tories, but they were unimpressed with Labour on Brexit and simply couldn't imagine Corbyn on the steps of Downing Street - nothing is inevitable about the 2024 election
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But Starmer's first steps in these first few weeks will matter enormously - loads more on
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Brilliant brilliant news Keir is our modern day John Smith

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He really isnt, John Smith was a brilliant leader, Starmer is a knob.
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I can now rejoin the party!
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