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Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘get out there’ with Trump-style media strategy (www.theguardian.com)

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Senior Labour figures are urging Keir Starmer to take a leaf out of Donald Trump’s book and make more frequent media appearances in an attempt to dominate the political agenda as the US president does.

MPs told the Guardian they want the prime minister to act more like Trump, who has upended political convention by televising large parts of his cabinet, holding long bilateral meetings on camera and calling in to live television shows.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

One minister said: “Trump and [the vice-president] JD Vance have shown the advantage of getting out there and not worrying about making mistakes.

Yeah, they have a whole cult behind them that will interpret their every idiotic blunder as an inspired move. Starmer, not so much.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Not to mention, the Trump strategy is to flood the media by alternating between doing/saying stupid shit and dangerous shit. If you're just doing media appearances or whatever you're not going to see the same effect.