Starmer Playbook 2.0

I’m getting deja vu… where have I heard this before?

Mockery, for sure. Horror has no impact on them - IMO right wingers often do not have empathy for people they do not know, such as asylum seekers. They’ll be quite happy to see the killing of those they see as wrong-doers.

“deeply unpleasant, insulting, and even unnecessary” but somehow acceptable?

It’s the classic far-right tactic of going around saying the most insane and impractical plan they can think of, so anything slightly less bad is viewed as reasonable by comparison.