SNP figures turn on Stephen Flynn for branding Keir Starmer ‘weak’ on Ukraine and Trump
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-figures-turn-stephen-flynn-34784229
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SNP figures turn on Stephen Flynn for branding Keir Starmer ‘weak’ on Ukraine and Trump
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-figures-turn-stephen-flynn-34784229
Posted by libtin
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Just seems like he was contradicting for the sake of it. Little substance
Didn’t vote for Sir Keir but couldn’t have asked for a better Prime Minister over the last week.
When you listen to Flynn’s backstory, you have to give him credit for where he’s ended up.
That being said, he’s in the sad position of arguing for the sake of being different and on the basis he’ll never have to make the decisions himself.
They generally just like contradicting everything the UK government say for the hell of it. Does my head in. I wish Scottish people would stop voting for these clowns, they’re just a protest party and don’t actually do much for Scotland because they don’t work productively with the UK government.
Honestly the SNP and the Corbynites are some of the worst people in UK politics, no matter what the UK Government does they just say the opposite. Permanent protest parties and no interest in what the UK as a whole actually wants.
Ok but he also called the Reform MPs “Putin’s Poodles” sooooo I reckon we can let him off for some hyperbolic backbenching
Never even had to look where the article came from …. party line wankers
>Starmer also aimed a dig at Flynn: “I’ve seen people ramp up the rhetoric and taking to Twitter. Good for them. I’m not interested in that.”
Yeah, I think that was probably the best response he could give, given while others, including many leaders, were tweeting in support of Zelensky he was trying to talk to both the Americans and Ukrainians to try and get talks back going. He does seem rather minded towards pragmatism and action over rhetoric. Good in this situation, I reckon, just wish he’d realise good messaging would help with the domestic policy instead of letting the wolves interpret policy for the public.
I did think it was strange seeing the SNP try to use this as a political playing field, glad they are calling him out.
Of course we aren’t going to try and completely sour ties with our largest trading partner and ally.
Flynn should get a grip. This isn’t the time to play dirty politics.
Starmer did a great job whether you like him or not. I can only imagine in horror what would have happened if we had the lettuce or BoJo in power
There’s a lot you can criticise Keir and Labour for, but their support of Ukraine and stance on Russia is not one of them.
His handling of the events over the last couple of weeks has been fantastic and the first time in years that I’ve felt we have a PM who can actually lead on the world stage.
It just proves how unfit he (Flynn) is for a senior position in government
As much as we want Keir to go up to Trump and call him a twat to his face, diplomacy is not like that. There is a fair amount of tact and ego massaging needed in order to get done what needs to be done. And Starmer could hardly have done much better during the last week.
I know this will get me downvoted to hell, but screw it.
I’m holding back my judgement of his performance on Ukraine until we get more clarification about what ‘boots on the ground ‘ actually means in reality. Right now, it seems to be this nebulous, poorly-defined concept that will somehow protect Ukraine but won’t somehow drag us into a potential war with Russia. Until we know more exactly about what it is he’s signing us up for, right now, all we’ve had is a series of meetings with other world leaders on the subject and not much definitive action.
I will give the devil his due though, he was quick to show Zelenskyy support after the Oval Office fiasco, so he deserves credit for that.
Well…
I really don’t like Kier and I think he’s done a stellar job, I would like him harder on Trump but the reality is you have to play your cards right.
It’s rich coming from the SNP who even by making this statement is pandering to Russian interests, hell their whole party along with Brexit is well within Russian interests.
Come on now, if you don’t think this whole show is highly choreographed I don’t know what to tell you. I don’t like the SNP but good for him on calling this show out when everyone else in government has started moving in lockstep.
Trump has wanted Europe to re-arm and defend itself for decades.
Starmer goes to talk to Trump and suddenly there’s talk of cutting aid for defence and even enlistment when he would never have said even close to anything like that before.
Then Trump and Zelensky have their on air bust up and the next place he goes is London where Starmer has a whole plan laid out for him to come to the rescue.
The situation makes all 3 look strong to their bases and the rest of the EU bobbleheads are doing the same thing.
And it’s not people like me who are going to be sent to the front line but some of the kids here on Reddit might want to think a little harder about what’s going on before they let themselves be dragged into war because they think they are pwning Trump or something when actually it’s what he wants.
PM is doing a top job – being British & espousing our decency & humanity at a time when national unity is required not griping.
He may not be who you voted for but he’s definitely the man we need at the minute & that Flynn is an absolute bellend.
That’s what happens when your rhetoric has zero substance. All he has ever done is complain about other parties whilst delivering nothing himself.
He’s been found out