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[โ€“] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

From what I heard, the media crushed him but he was actually a better leader than Starmer. And there's the little fact of Starmer not having a spine and the whole protest squashing thing, which was in my opinion, not the right way to go about this.

[โ€“] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Crushed him like a baby rabbit

[โ€“] MadBob@feddit.nl 1 points 4 weeks ago

he was actually a better leader than Starmer

Without looking for a source: I seem to recall he's the opposition leader who's caused the most government U-turns in the history of the British parliament.