Have they forgotten that the Labour cabinet is a charisma black hole?
Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘get out there’ with Trump-style media strategy
Submitted 1 month ago by zaxvenz@lemm.ee to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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lemmus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
tetris11@feddit.uk 1 month ago
It just takes one media entity to be on your side for charisma to suddenly appear. With the exception of Boris, who’s charismatic sexual assault/prowess is unshakeable in the eyes of the public
fox2263@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It would be a good move. Labour need to win hearts and minds, and this is where they fall behind. When you have Farage gaining support every day by running on a populist agenda you need someone to counter him.
Gone are the days of our leaders leading behind closed doors. As much as I’d prefer to not hear from government and just have them do what they’re supposed to do, unfortunately in this day and age if you aren’t “seen” you are perceived as doing nothing by the vocal minority.
As much as I hate Trump and his clown car of a cabinet, this is something they excel at. And it is high time that the good guys use their tactics against them for the greater good. The good thing is you don’t even have to feel itchy about it as it’s just being seen and heard.
The one thing they do need to do is drown out the voices of our dumb right from Farages clown car.
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Trump is certainly the wrong model, but they do need to communicate better. In particular I think they need to communicate the reasons behind their decisions.
- Why aren’t we standing with countries like Canada in response to Trump’s sabre rattling?
- Why haven’t they just told Trump to get fucked in trade talks when his administration is asking for changes in our laws?
- What are the cuts on winter fuels and disability benefits paying for?
- Why are we not looking to rejoin the customs union to remove barriers to trade with the EU?
Etc, etc, etc.
fox2263@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Definitely, I agree wholeheartedly. But it is unfortunately a model that is working. The whole Simpson thing…was it “if poochie is not in an episode, people should ask where’s poochie”. Trump dominates every square inch of world wide media. Starmer in this instance would do right by emulating that.
And yes, be strong. We need at this moment in time an “Iron Sir” (in reference to thatchers Iron Lady) for all the reasons you said. He needs to be strong, give actual two fingers to trump and solidly lead Britain into the future. There’s a golden opportunity here to spearhead a new collation and get us back in with the EU on favourable terms with the populace by getting ahead of the right wing and pushing the narratives back left. Facts over Fiction needs to prevail and win the hearts and minds of the nation who so easily lap up misinformation.
solarpunkandrobots@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I find their attitude to the EU inexplicable. We all know Labour is overwhelmingly pro EU, and the voting public itself strongly regrets the vote. Unless they are lucky they are going to find the Lib Dems taking the former moderate Tory vote, Labours current centre vote and the normal disillusioned voter all governments generate and creating a pretty threatening new voter block.
njr1414@mastodon.social 1 month ago
@wewbull @fox2263
The UK government want to keep the doors open everywhere as to trade, be it US or China. The problem is the Trump administration wants countries to side with him over China and will put caveats on us. Trump is not a politician, but a businessman and cannot be trusted, even if the UK Government gets a trade deal, l wonder if a few months later he will change his mind as our government does something Trump doesn't like and puts more tariffs on us as punishment.
br3d@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s probably a case for saying it doesn’t need specifically to be the PM. In principle Starmer could crack on with things behind closed doors as long as there’s somebody sharp, likeable and media-savvy to counter Farage every day. I guess the risk is you’d have to be a very self-confident PM, unafraid of leadership challenge, to go for that
fox2263@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Agreed however you very much run the risk then of the other parties claiming that this public figurehead is the real PM and getting all that dumb rhetoric around it.
leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Jesus christ.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 month ago
No. Keir Starmer.
Visstix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Trump is even pissing off his own followers, so I am not sure acting like Trump will gain you much.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yeah, they have a whole cult behind them that will interpret their every idiotic blunder as an inspired move. Starmer, not so much.
jonne@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Not to mention, the Trump strategy is to flood the media by alternating between doing stupid shit and dangerous shit. If you’re just doing media appearances or whatever you’re not going to see the same effect.