"Vile, racist, anti-Semitic"

Starmer knows how damaging such right-wing lies can be - they destroyed Corbyn and lost Labour an election, is so spineless and fearful of those accusations, that he has allowed himself to be bullied into defining anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian, pro-Muslim sentiment in exactly the same way.

He has foolishly become a tory puppet, is wilfully dancing to their right-wing tune, parroting their hateful demonisations.

It is not the first time he has folded in the face of tory and right-wing media criticism of his politics, policies and plans. In fact it seems there's very little he hasn't folded on in a desperate attempt to avoid criticism from the right-wing.

It is what backed him into the corner of supporting Israel's murder, condemning those who reject murder as extremists, hate-mongers and anti-Semites.

It cost Azhar Ali and Graham Jones their candidacies, has lost Labour a by-election and probably a second, is hugely damaging the Labour party and its chance of electoral success.

Voters want parties who will stand up for their values, deliver them the policies they support.

Starmer thinks that by making Labour an inferior copy of the nasty party he will secure votes which traditionally go to them. He might but he will also lose votes which would have gone to Labour.

When Labour do win elections it's only because they aren't quite so bad as tory scum, haven't yet sunk to the depths of Reform.

Galloway has proved there is an alternative. Starmer should be shitting himself. In embracing nasty party rhetoric, rather than rejecting it, Starmer has destroyed the Labour party.

If Labour win the next General Election it will only be because tories lost it.