He will get stuck in at least , short honeymoon if one at all, patience required
He has played a blinder by carrying out a tactical campaign focusing on marginals and seats where the Tories were known to be most vulnerable, presumably knowing that there wasn’t huge widespread enthusiasm for him.you have your majority Starmer, use it wisely, as it is surely a paper thin majority under the surface..... no change in vote share?!?! that seems very poor
yes he does now have some years to grow his supporter base, I agree. Question is, does he have long enough to unpick some of the knots that the Conservatives have left him to grow that base!He has played a blinder by carrying out a tactical campaign focusing on marginals and seats where the Tories were known to be most vulnerable, presumably knowing that there wasn’t huge widespread enthusiasm for him.
It’s given him 5 years to deliver something tangible that he hopes will enthuse a lot more people that will deliver more voters at the next election.
If he governs well he will take the wind out of Reform’s sails because with a bit more scrutiny hopefully they’ll get shown up as the bullshitters that they are.
For now though, he’s done what he had to do and played it perfectly.
Yes, that’s his challenge. I have no idea whether he’ll be successful and could easily come unstuck due to external factors. Something like Trump winning at the end of the year could change the whole world for the worse for example.yes he does now have some years to grow his supporter base, I agree. Question is, does he have long enough to unpick some of the knots that the Conservatives have left him to grow that base!
A complete total and utter metropolitan London tool, good luck with the tax, council tax, national insurance rises and don't even think about filling the car up.
It doesn’t seem like the public have much enthusiasm for labour - quite a low vote share for a majority
you have your majority Starmer, use it wisely, as it is surely a paper thin majority under the surface..... no change in vote share?!?! that seems very poor
Streeting said on the BBC last night that Starmer could be literally driving to the Palace in the car and people would still say "it's been a tough night for Labour".
He's just won the biggest majority in a generation, wiping out the opposition in a historic win. It's not "very poor", it's a complete landslide with a huge mandate
I compared it to City winning the title again with over 100 points next year but the press saying we didn’t score as many goals so we were shit.Streeting said on the BBC last night that Starmer could be literally driving to the Palace in the car and people would still say "it's been a tough night for Labour".
He's just won the biggest majority in a generation, wiping out the opposition in a historic win. It's not "very poor", it's a complete landslide with a huge mandate
It doesn’t seem like the public have much enthusiasm for labour - quite a low vote share for a majority
It doesn’t seem like the public have much enthusiasm for labour - quite a low vote share for a majority
Exactly my point..He’s going to be PM, not go on Strictly.
Not sure the PM needs to be able to do a foxtrot, but time will tell.Exactly my point..
I think this fails to take into account the level of tactical voting that has gone on here which you can see in the Lib Dem vote.
If you tot up the totals on the left and right it is the same story as always:
Con/Ref - 38%
Labour/Lib/Green/PC/SNP - 55%
Others - 7%
This is roughly how it’s been for decades. Though it is actually a slight reduction of the right wing vote probably as a result of demographic changes.
Labour knew they didn’t need 40% of the vote because of the Tory/Reform split, they just needed to make sure the vote splitting was efficient, and that’s exactly what they achieved. I don’t think you can easily say that this means people don’t care for Labour, I think it just means the desire to consign the Tories to history was greater.
If you clump all the parties together on either side yea, but I don’t think you can. Labour and Lib Dem voters can be very different depending on the area.I think this fails to take into account the level of tactical voting that has gone on here which you can see in the Lib Dem vote.
If you tot up the totals on the left and right it is the same story as always:
Con/Ref - 38%
Labour/Lib/Green/PC/SNP - 55%
Others - 7%
This is roughly how it’s been for decades. Though it is actually a slight reduction of the right wing vote probably as a result of demographic changes.
Labour knew they didn’t need 40% of the vote because of the Tory/Reform split, they just needed to make sure the vote splitting was efficient, and that’s exactly what they achieved. I don’t think you can easily say that this means people don’t care for Labour, I think it just means the desire to consign the Tories to history was greater.