J Fitzsimmons

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@SidWright8800 @JulianBaggini * Easy side of the draw
** Best squad in England's history
*** Never won a competitive game with a team better than England and lost a semi final and final where the team was arguably worse

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@telegram1982 @AyoCaesar You miss the point. I'm not defending Corbyn and the Labour party from 2019. I'm questioning the narrative around this being a huge mandate when only 20% of the electorate voted for Labour.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@telegram1982 @AyoCaesar I'm aware it's not a shallow victory per se, but to get fewer votes than someone who you described in those terms doesn't suggest a resounding one either.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@telegram1982 @AyoCaesar I voted for Starmer as leader, I'm exceedingly happy with what he delivered. The low turn out and seeming split between Labour enthusiasm and Tory abandonment bothers me because I never want to see Farage as PM.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@telegram1982 @AyoCaesar I don't dispute Starmer ran a masterful and successful campaign. It just bothers me if he plans to respond to criticism by pointing to a "huge mandate" that doesn't yet appear to exist in any lasting sense.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@KalacDropsIt @1882_harry @AyoCaesar The result is the same, but my point is around the narrative. When you want to make big changes to a country, popular support matters.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@KalacDropsIt @1882_harry @AyoCaesar I think there's a difference between a ringing endorsement of the Labour party and a complete abandonment of the Conservative party.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@Ballor_I @1882_harry @AyoCaesar Agreed. I'm using PR as an example. I'm not sure what the system should be, but I think the core principle should be that each vote counts for the same in terms parliamentary representation.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@1882_harry @AyoCaesar Labour had just been dealt all the cards. They're in a position to change a system that usually requires many more votes to deliver a Labour MP. They may not get an opportunity like this ever again.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@1882_harry @AyoCaesar Exactly, it's wrong. It needs to change and Labour should be the ones to make that happen.

[J Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonsjp]

@1882_harry @AyoCaesar I mean one in which each vote counts the same. One favoured by most democracies in the world.