No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6 The world is changing at great speed, as oligarchs grab powers that once belonged to the people. Starmer not only has no answer to this, but he doesn’t even register it as an issue. He promised “Change”, but the change is happening without us. And without him. He has prostrated himself before the far right in a futile attempt to attract its voters, as if the vast body of evidence which shows that this NEVER works - and only legitimises hate and racism - did not exist. In doing so he has lost his real voters, alienating his base in spectacular fashion. In doing so, he's handing this country on a plate to Reform UK. Of course the 2029 election is not a done deal, and we can still prevent disaster from happening. But to do so, we now not only have to fight Farage, but also Starmer and the toxic legacy he leaves (and please God, he will now leave). He has further enraged his former voters with his morally supine response to the genocide in Gaza, even more restrictions on protest rights, his grovelling to corporate lobbyists, attacks on disability benefits, continued austerity and ripping down of environmental protections. I could go on. We voted out the Tories, only to find that, after a long 14 years of waiting, a Labour government adopts and extends some of their worst policies, while entirely failing to excite or inspire. Now Labour and its supporters on this platform blame us for turning away. What aren’t they seeing here?