Lex-Man wrote:Isn't Starmer a humans rights lawyer it seems insane that he's only going to abstain over this bill.
It’ll stem from a combination of wanting to look tough on crime and terrorism (also why the Overseas Operations Bill was abstained) in a fruitless attempt to win over Tory voters, and wanting to further push out dissenting leftist voices from the forefront of the party.
It’s terrible leadership in all and reminiscent of the fence-sitting approach to several issues that marked Corbyn's ultimately fatal premiership.
It shouldn’t be this hard to pin down what a human rights lawyer's principles are!