Of course he defends it and the weirdos that support him will defend it too. There's this idea running around that vying for voters is more important than integrity. People keep acting like anything other than Tory is still a thing when the reality is that Tory Light is still Tory. There's nothing about Starmer, his policies or politics that are inherently left and in fact his brazenness in being so right leaning that as a Labour leader, he can come out and praise Thatcher shows just how much he takes grassroots Labour for granted. I hope Liverpool and the north turn their back on him and Labour. Fuck them and the farce that they are!
Sadly under FPTP it really is just Steamer's labour or Tories. Unless we can somehow manage a hung parliament and the Lib Dems demand the introduction of proportional representation as their price.
Sure mate, we'll turn our back on the only viable way under First Past The Post to boot the ACTUAL Tories out of office.
Get of your idealistic high-horse, look around and realise this land, thanks to Murdoch and a deeply entrenched class system, is full of right wingers that'll NEVER vote in anything more left than Blair, Gordon, and Starmer into power. They just know Sunak is out of ideas and they're willing to switch sides.
Diet Tory he may be in rhetoric, but better than the full-sugar Tories rotting away the roots of our institutions and futures to sell to their mates.