I am a Labour voter and I have been shocked by the recent articles against Starmer in The Guardian and The Observer. To the point where I will no longer be buying those newspapers. I still have an online subscription for some Guardian articles and I have been observing the comments on these articles closely. In recent days, the supportive Starmer comments are getting the most likes amongst Guardian readers. For example, Marina Hyde wrote an anti Starmer article yesterday and the comments which had the most support, by a long way, were those criticising Marina Hyde's position. Most comments thought that Starmer has been cleared of dishonesty and observed that Starmer has apologised for his error in appointing Peter Mandelson, that actually, many commentators initially thought it an appropriate appointment given the election of Trump and Mandelson's trade experience, that evidence given to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee showed that Starmer was was not lying about not having been told about the details of Mandelson's vetting. Also that the media should stop trying to unseat Starmer and let the government get on with solving the UK's many difficult problems. I believe that Keir Starmer is an okay PM (and certainly much better than all recent PMs.) The media have had it in for him from the start and there has been a pile on. I was also very disappointed by Sonia Sodha's various anti Starmer TV appearances. So much excitement and hype, drooling about Starmer's downfall. (Reminds me of the reporters in Tarantino's From Dusk till Dawn!) If Starmer does go, the difficult conditions that the UK faces remain. There is so much to be done after all the years of austerity and the problems that the war on Iran is causing and may well get much worse. Personally, I trust Starmer and think that the relationships that he has already forged with other leaders are important. I am impressed by Labour's progress so far and think that currently, he is the best PM for these trying times.
