Nearly half of voters who backed Labour in July's general election were either tactical voters or did not support the party with much enthusiasm, research…
I read a good quote from nearer the election that “the British people tend to vote parties out rather than voting them in”. I’d hope Labour are clever enough to realise that people wanted rid of the Tories and they happened to get in because of that!
Very much so! That’s why their slogan at the GE was literally just the word ‘CHANGE’.
Of course, now they have to deliver change, but only change people are happy with. In fact, only change that people who might vote for them and live in winnable seats are happy with. This is the complicated bit.
Genuinely, the reason I’ve never gone into politics is that I absolutely do not want to have the job of solving political problems. Like, when the problem is ‘not enough houses’, I just want to go ‘So build some houses’, not the thing you actually have to do which is ‘Balance the interests of a whole host of people, many of whom will be furiously ungrateful even when you do things in their interest’.
I read a good quote from nearer the election that “the British people tend to vote parties out rather than voting them in”. I’d hope Labour are clever enough to realise that people wanted rid of the Tories and they happened to get in because of that!
Especially considering Starmer only won with 30% of the vote because Farage split the conservative vote.
I’d be surprised if they didn’t sort that somehow by the next election.
Very much so! That’s why their slogan at the GE was literally just the word ‘CHANGE’.
Of course, now they have to deliver change, but only change people are happy with. In fact, only change that people who might vote for them and live in winnable seats are happy with. This is the complicated bit.
This politics lark is a bit of a head-scratcher, eh?
Genuinely, the reason I’ve never gone into politics is that I absolutely do not want to have the job of solving political problems. Like, when the problem is ‘not enough houses’, I just want to go ‘So build some houses’, not the thing you actually have to do which is ‘Balance the interests of a whole host of people, many of whom will be furiously ungrateful even when you do things in their interest’.