The Labour Government

[abu13]

What have they got wrong locally?

Plenty, the services continue to get worse and we get to pay more for it. I understand these are local elections but national politics always plays a strong part by way of protest votes.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Been a labour supporter all my life but cant bring myself to vote for them this time. I have always been of the opinion that you should use your vote but feel no alignment to any party at the moment.

I’ve felt that before. Still gonad vote mate even if it’s drawing a cock and balls on the ballot! None of the above should be an election choice tbf

 

[west didsblue]

I’ve felt that before. Still gonad vote mate even if it’s drawing a cock and balls on the ballot! None of the above should be an election choice tbf

Is that a gonad vote?

 

[Don Karleone]

Have a guess at how she got into the HOL.

 

[Don Karleone]

The fish rots etc...

 

[The blue phantom]

Avalanche of money for Burnham to replace Keith. Now down to as little as 2/1 from 8/1.

 

[Blue Maverick]

I’ve felt that before. Still gonad vote mate even if it’s drawing a cock and balls on the ballot! None of the above should be an election choice tbf

Tbh a cock and balls have a use.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Think he’s fucked.

 

[CWAC blue]

I’ve felt that before. Still gonad vote mate even if it’s drawing a cock and balls on the ballot! None of the above should be an election choice tbf

So many did that at the general election he got in.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Private Eye podcasts mentions the Home Secretary threatening to sue regional journalists for liable over reporting on her that maybe seen as corrupt. The threat has made them back off.

 

[threespires]

Think he’s fucked.

Hard to see it any other way.

Irrespective of what you do or don't think of him, his political capital is now so low it's hard to see any way back. He's nowhere near the worst PM we've had even in recent memory but his approach just hasn't worked politically (or economically I'd argue), some of that's external events and some of it is self-inflicted. Either way, a higher risk policy pivot that might pull a rabbit out of the hat is just not who he is so I think he's done. In which case the question becomes how is a transition managed and he can to some degree control that for the good of the country if he chooses, but equally those who seek to replace him need to behave responsibly too.

Labour probably have one (admittedly outside) shot of saving themselves from electoral oblivion and more importantly the country from a Reform government. Before acting though they need to think very hard about how they best achieve this, including their relationship with both the Lib Dems and the Greens.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Who do Labour actually represent now?

The working class/ traditional heartlands aren’t voting for them. The suburban middle classes aren’t and the city centres seems to be leaning more towards the greens.

Feels like they are having abut of an identity crisis

 

[Postman Pep]

 

[BobKowalski]

Hard to see it any other way.

Irrespective of what you do or don't think of him, his political capital is now so low it's hard to see any way back. He's nowhere near the worst PM we've had even in recent memory but his approach just hasn't worked politically (or economically I'd argue), some of that's external events and some of it is self-inflicted. Either way, a higher risk policy pivot that might pull a rabbit out of the hat is just not who he is so I think he's done. In which case the question becomes how is a transition managed and he can to some degree control that for the good of the country if he chooses, but equally those who seek to replace him need to behave responsibly too.

Labour probably have one (admittedly outside) shot of saving themselves from electoral oblivion and more importantly the country from a Reform government. Before acting though they need to think very hard about how they best achieve this, including their relationship with both the Lib Dems and the Greens.

Starmer is no where near the worse PM, but the public cannot warm to him and no amount of policy pivots is changing that. It’s just the way it is.

The bright spot for Labour is that the Party seems to dislike him as much as the public do and a lot of the current hostility is aimed solely at Starmer so their will definitely be a new manger bounce.

The other bright spot is that the second most disliked leader is Farage - or it was last time I looked.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Who do Labour actually represent now?

The working class/ traditional heartlands aren’t voting for them. The suburban middle classes aren’t and the city centres seems to be leaning more towards the greens.

Feels like they are having abut of an identity crisis

Blackrock and Palantir.

Everyone else can get to fuck. They aspire to be a UK version of the Democrat party in the US right down to the fake pretending to give a fuck when all they really want is to keep their own fiefdoms going. They are no longer the party representing the people they we're created to represent. And now there's a vacuum about to be filled by fascists.

 

[Don Karleone]

Blackrock and Palantir.

Everyone else can get to fuck. They aspire to be a UK version of the Democrat party in the US right down to the fake pretending to give a fuck when all they really want is to keep their own fiefdoms going. They are longer the party representing the people they we're created to represent. And now there's a vacuum about to be filled by fascists.

The democrat party line is spot on. Half of them think they're in an episode of The West Wing.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Liz Kendal sent out to firefight on Sky News.

It's not going well...

 

[blueinsa]

Liz Kendal sent out to firefight on Sky News.

It's not going well...

Word soup from her mouth.

Utterly meaningless claptrap from her that helps nobody but sounds like she has some sort of plan.

 

[Postman Pep]

Liz Kendal sent out to firefight on Sky News.

It's not going well...

4.5% Liz .... another campaign ran by McSweeney ... on behalf of Petie.

Good to see them getting kicking by those that they kicked via their control freakery.





In 2023, the Labour Party blocked Jamie Driscoll standing the Labour candidate for North of Tyne mayor, getting factional revenge for Labour Together associate Nick Forbes, who Driscoll beat in 2019 on Momentum ticket to be selected as the Labour candidate for Mayor (which he then won). Driscoll was blocked in 2023 after sharing a stage with renowned socialist film maker, Ken Loach.Today Driscoll won his seat in Monument for the Greens and will likely play a key role in negotiating who will run Newcastle, most likely in a Green/Liberal Dem Coalition. All 78 Newcastle Council seats up for grab. So far 61 have been called. The Labour Party HAS NOT WON A SINGLE SEAT. This is where we see, most starkly, the results of the Labour Together project.

 

[Don Karleone]

4.5% Liz .... another campaign ran by McSweeney ... on behalf of Petie.

Good to see them getting kicking by those that they kicked via their control freakery.





In 2023, the Labour Party blocked Jamie Driscoll standing the Labour candidate for North of Tyne mayor, getting factional revenge for Labour Together associate Nick Forbes, who Driscoll beat in 2019 on Momentum ticket to be selected as the Labour candidate for Mayor (which he then won). Driscoll was blocked in 2023 after sharing a stage with renowned socialist film maker, Ken Loach.Today Driscoll won his seat in Monument for the Greens and will likely play a key role in negotiating who will run Newcastle, most likely in a Green/Liberal Dem Coalition. All 78 Newcastle Council seats up for grab. So far 61 have been called. The Labour Party HAS NOT WON A SINGLE SEAT. This is where we see, most starkly, the results of the Labour Together project.

It genuinely couldn't happen to a nicer set of cunts.