'He DIDN'T Stand For Anything' | Ex-Labour Adviser BLASTS Starmer

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Former Labour Party spokesman and political commentator James Matthewson joins Ian to deliver a brutally honest verdict on Keir Starmer, saying he never believed Starmer was right for the job, branding him "a civil servant, not a politician." Matthewson claims Starmer was propelled into the leadership by Morgan McSweeney to drag Labour back from the Corbyn years, but says the party "overcorrected" into having "no ideology" at all: "Politics has to have politics in it... you have to stand by something." He contrasts this with Nigel Farage, admitting "I despise him, I don't like him personally either", but insists "it's clear to people what he stands for," arguing progressives should defeat Farage "by putting our best foot forward," not by copying his clarity through vagueness. Looking ahead to Andy Burnham, Matthewson predicts devolution will be central to his premiership, revealing his own hopes to relocate power out of London: "I've long said it should be in Newcastle." He also ad

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