I don’t mind answering this at all mate.
A) the first thing that happened was the manifesto was realised, in the past 24 hours I’m on record as saying the 2017 was okay and something I liked. I have felt we need invest now and it’s definitely the time to do so. What’s happened though now is Labour have moved a step further to the left and released policies that I think are just ludicrous and down to a socialist ideology, rather than doing it because it’s the right decision.
B) On to antisemitism. This is maybe naivety on my part but things went quiet on this front and the word out of the party was they were getting a grip. It then came into light they’d just ignored hundreds of complaints whilst claiming they’d done something about it.
The above has pushed me away and quite sharply too.
Points A & B along with
C) Momentum holding the party to ransom, de-selecting anyone who opposed the narrowness of their particular 'Labour' view.
D) Multiple spreading of fake or 'spun' news. Eg Traingate.
... almost stopped me voting for Labour - which would have been a change to my normal vote anyway.
D - Could, and is, applied to almost all parties. My traditional party, also indulged, which left a sour taste in the mouth.
I think that's my major take from this election. It's been there since I started voting - 'Kinnock - will the last person in Britain turn the lights off', but has grown with every election since. Spin, lies, deceit.
As with the referendum, it's not the result I would have liked, but I'm not going to lower myself to jeering or name calling.
The election was clearly fought across just one item, 'Get Brexit done' (v. snappy soundbite) or not. Every other matter generally became secondary or directly related to Brexit/Remain tendencies.
I hope Boris can move forward. It's going to happen, he's got a majority.
I just know that there's a slew of other conservative stuff I don't want, that now comes (entirely unrelated to Brexit) - NHS privatisation, reducing public protections from big buisness in many areas, feeding the oligarchs, bankers and hedge funds more, and doing diddly on the everywhere else/SouthEast divide.
Related to Brexit I see - NI going bang as it becomes untenable economically and politically. Scotland leaving and collapsing. The poor going back to pre-WWII levels of health and healthcare.
Hopefully wrong. Would be a pleasant surprise if it doesn't all occur, and would if it occurs, bring the nation back together again, in some small way.
