Lots of their base have given up on politics and are leaving it to others, taking the decision out of their hands.I really hope that this is a genuine shift. Increasingly, there is a rejection by young people of the politics of the Daily Mail, Daily Express, Telegraph and the output of GB News. The rise of social media has meant that those publications are now generally not believed, and their influence is waning, considerably. Live evidence is now available quicker than the papers can report, and often contradicts the editorial line.
Interestingly, and I think this is where the real failure is, the Conservative party has chosen a far-right narrative to combat the swing. While it may appease a small base of their supporters, it increasingly alienates the younger generation from voting for them.
Lots of their base have given up on politics and are leaving it to others, taking the decision out of their hands.
The ‘all the same’ and ‘not interested in politics now’ crews don‘t see what they like with theUKIPTory party so it’s easier to step away and still hold their personal Tory values.
It’s some collapse potentially by the Tories this. When the exit poles came out on election night in December 2019 John McDonell was in the BBC studio and the guy interviewing him said with this size of a majority for the Tories, Labour had lost the 2024 election already as there has never been that much of a swing to get a majority.
A Parliament of party gate, covid ppe deals for their mates, brexit, high inflation, energy crisis, Truss crashing government bonds, Sky rocketing interest rates, the whole response to the pandemic, MPs groping, MPs going awol, three PMs in a year and one unelected by Conservative members and the British public, expensive curtains, Home Secretary sending refugees to Rwanda, Home Secretary going batshit crazy with racism, Jeremy Hunt running the country whilst Truss is hiding under a desk.
Have I missed anything?
It’s some collapse potentially by the Tories this. When the exit poles came out on election night in December 2019 John McDonell was in the BBC studio and the guy interviewing him said with this size of a majority for the Tories, Labour had lost the 2024 election already as there has never been that much of a swing to get a majority.
A Parliament of party gate, covid ppe deals for their mates, brexit, high inflation, energy crisis, Truss crashing government bonds, Sky rocketing interest rates, the whole response to the pandemic, MPs groping, MPs going awol, three PMs in a year and one unelected by Conservative members and the British public, expensive curtains, Home Secretary sending refugees to Rwanda, Home Secretary going batshit crazy with racism, Jeremy Hunt running the country whilst Truss is hiding under a desk.
Have I missed anything?
I suspect you've only scratched the surface but we'll have to wait, 30 year rule and all that.
Maybe not, the covid enquiry is still rumbling on, but more importantly Starmer, under that veneer of boring blandness, is a ruthless political operator, look how he's treated the left, but more importantly still, he's a lawyer.
There's been criminality here on a grand scale, no 30 year rule is going to pull a veil over that. My guess is he'll keep his foot on the Tories throat once he's in power, coz life won't be easy for an incoming Labour government. A constant reminder of just how awful this government is will be very useful for Starmer in the hard times ahead, he's not going to let all that Tory sleaze gather dust for 30 years, not when it's political gold dust.
Maybe not, the covid enquiry is still rumbling on, but more importantly Starmer, under that veneer of boring blandness, is a ruthless political operator, look how he's treated the left, but more importantly still, he's a lawyer.
There's been criminality here on a grand scale, no 30 year rule is going to pull a veil over that. My guess is he'll keep his foot on the Tories throat once he's in power, coz life won't be easy for an incoming Labour government. A constant reminder of just how awful this government is will be very useful for Starmer in the hard times ahead, he's not going to let all that Tory sleaze gather dust for 30 years, not when it's political gold dust.
Labour will be gone within a term. The tory owned media will ensure that. The damage done by the tories will become Labour caused.Maybe not, the covid enquiry is still rumbling on, but more importantly Starmer, under that veneer of boring blandness, is a ruthless political operator, look how he's treated the left, but more importantly still, he's a lawyer.
There's been criminality here on a grand scale, no 30 year rule is going to pull a veil over that. My guess is he'll keep his foot on the Tories throat once he's in power, coz life won't be easy for an incoming Labour government. A constant reminder of just how awful this government is will be very useful for Starmer in the hard times ahead, he's not going to let all that Tory sleaze gather dust for 30 years, not when it's political gold dust.
Labour will be gone within a term. The tory owned media will ensure that. The damage done by the tories will become Labour caused.
And I am not sure Starmer is as ruthless as you say, he's had plenty of opportunity to lay into the tories but has not done so, I like to think he is trying to keeps the moral high ground but I think he just doesnt like rocking the boat.
Probably! They’re desperate!Do the Tories up the culture wars and move further to the right to try and stem the stem the election losses?
This is what I expect.Probably! They’re desperate!
Never took her for a good loser…
She's a Scouser I think.
From Anfield area no less. So of course she’s (allegedly) a bad loser!She's a Scouser I think.
Never took her for a good loser…