The Labour Party

[Brewster's millions]

Given the way Tory MPs are abandoning Sunak and flocking to Starmer’s banner, I would suggest that they don’t share your confidence in Sunak’s ability to know his arse from his elbow.

Not sure that basing your views on the actions of Natalie Elphicke is the way ahead to be honest.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Not sure that basing your views on the actions of Natalie Elphicke is the way ahead to be honest.

These defections are getting a bit silly now.

 

[urban genie]

Parodies are flying out at the patheticness of allowing a staunt right winger who has shown contempt for the british public and worker into tge party with open arms

 

[Postman Pep]

They are. Labour are seeking to occupy the centre, centre/left and centre/right ground - albeit with greater emphasis on the centre/left.

Attracting sensible Tories is a signal to business groups and the electorate that Labour are ready for Govt. It’s all very sober and serious and makes a change to see people focusing on being competent rather than banging on about public toilets or crashing the asylum system.

Ah the sensible Tories. Those sober and serious competent types. The austerity Tories not the nutty fringe of recent vintage ..... must retain that 'greater emphasis on the centre/left' obviously :)

 

[hilts]

Up 20 points in the polls, excellent local elections and Tory MPs now seeking ‘safe harbour‘ with Labour. I could be wrong, but not seeing the downside here :)

They actually get to govern would be the obvious answer.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Out of genuine interest, who would you like to see as PM ?

I think Yvette Cooper would be a better Labour PM than Starmer.

I don’t agree really agree with her politics but she’s got a lot more between her ears than Starmer.

She probably wouldn’t want the job, but as a general rule I’d much rather have somebody who isn’t that arsed about being PM anyway.

 

[BobKowalski]

They actually get to govern would be the obvious answer.

You have two choices. Pick one.

 

[blue for life]

Just don’t know why she has defected or why Labour have accepted her!!! I think there will be more too! Who next?

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Just don’t know why she has defected or why Labour have accepted her!!! I think there will be more too! Who next?

It will only be the vindictive extremists who haven’t been served by the Tories that will cross. The Doctor had real issues with the way the Tories has killed the NHS and she has, well, so many issues that she doesn’t care as she, like the Doc, were off anyway.

I do have a problem with people like her crossing the floor but would probably do the same as Labour at this juncture. Having one of their nasties ’choosing’ to turn their back on them sends a message that they are so incompetent, they can’t even look after their own, never mind the whole country.

 

[domalino]

Just don’t know why she has defected or why Labour have accepted her!!! I think there will be more too! Who next?

The real question is why haven’t more of them defected?

The Conservative Party has lurched so far to the right that there’s a whole generation of Cameron era centrists who have far more in common with Labour than the nutters.