I read a good quote from nearer the election that “the British people tend to vote parties out rather than voting them in”. I’d hope Labour are clever enough to realise that people wanted rid of the Tories and they happened to get in because of that!
Especially considering Starmer only won with 30% of the vote because Farage split the conservative vote.
I’d be surprised if they didn’t sort that somehow by the next election.
Very much so! That’s why their slogan at the GE was literally just the word ‘CHANGE’.
Of course, now they have to deliver change, but only change people are happy with. In fact, only change that people who might vote for them and live in winnable seats are happy with. This is the complicated bit.
This politics lark is a bit of a head-scratcher, eh?
Genuinely, the reason I’ve never gone into politics is that I absolutely do not want to have the job of solving political problems. Like, when the problem is ‘not enough houses’, I just want to go ‘So build some houses’, not the thing you actually have to do which is ‘Balance the interests of a whole host of people, many of whom will be furiously ungrateful even when you do things in their interest’.
Welcome to FPTP!
gee who could have predicted that when they chased away the base in order to court tory voters who only voted for them because the tories messed everything up so badly
If only something could be learned from this! Oh well, time for Canada’s Liberal Party to ignore progressive voters and try to court Conservative Party voters instead of working to form a coalition with the slightly leftist New Democratic Party! Surely this time it’ll work!
If PR becomes a thing I will vote Green in general elections. Until then I will vote for whoever keeps right wing candidates out in my constituency.
Don’t think there’s much chance of PR passing, unfortunately. I’d vote Labour under pretty much any system, but I’d be much happier with PR than FPTP.
Labour is just dancing between centre-left and centre-right. About as status quo and mild as you can get. Why would anyone be excited for that these days?
Especially when if you ask Starmer about anything more drastic he just says “Maybe in the future, but not now/under my leadership”.
