Although KS may not be very charismatic I can't think of anyone else in the Labour party that could do a better job. I think Labour needs to have a long hard think about how the political landscape has changed over the last 10 to 15 years and work out just how exactly it can get back into power.
I think they are hoping that by the time of the next election BJ will have made so many mistakes and there will be some many stories concerning Tory sleaze that the electorate will be glad to get rid of them. I don't think they can rely on that strategy.
If we look at the last 100 year or so the tories have either been in power or shared power for most of them. The first past the post system favours the tories and Labour needs to wake up to this fact.
Labour has lost Scotland (I think they currently only have 1 MP there) and it's extremely unlikely to ever get it back, in fact its far more likely Scotland will become independent in the next 10 years or so.
The tories have pulled off a very clever trick they have gained millions of working class voters and not lost many of the older well off voters in the South.
I think Labour need to promise the Liberals if they win the next election they will introduce PR they also need to form some kind of pact so that Labour and the Libs do not stand against one another in the next election, even then though I think it's going to be very tough for them to win power.
The sad fact is that we are very close and have been for most of the past 100 years to a one party state.
Good Post.
Labour need to have a good look at themselves and represent the country and not some idealistic view point.
Any viable party comes from the electorate and represents it. Labour, as many on here also think, feel the party should lead with morals, policies and agendas. They should not. They should represent the majority view. OG's point about voter intelligence, perhaps said in jest, is the issue. Labour see voters are wrong and should modify to their way of operating. Tories, even if distasteful at times, represent how people feel and see things. They appeal to the electorate.
Starmer coming on all offended by Tory sleaze sums it up. He should be talking jobs, health, minimum wage, prosperity, booster jabs,voter wealth and well being. Attacking the Tories continually is tiresome and counter productive.
We, ve had page after page of attacks on Boris and the Govt on here. Its pointless.
On here, and as in Labour,we should be shouting what we want, new policies, new outlooks, new jobs, different tax regimes, help for new businesses, higher minimum wage, better worker rights, incentives, building programmes, initiatives,equal rights, less prejudice, the list is endless for improvement. But just as labour don't, we don't. We moan about Boris, gun boats, sleaze, dodgy contracts, voter intelligence. (or lack of it), Brexit, rejoining, leavers etc etc.
Doesn't help that Momentum are now telling Starmer Corbyn won Hartleypool. A split and fractious party?
