Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Are you glad you voted Labour ?

353 replies

Noangelbuthavingfun · 16/09/2024 18:14

Sir Keir is firmly in his new seat and appears to be making waves... winter fuel, VAT on private school fees, UEFA watchdog type scenario, budgets... increase in CGT, 20% increase for Jr doctors, immigration learnings from Italy to pay other countries to take Immigrants and that's only what I briefly followed.
So my question is - are you still glad you voted Labour, or that they are in Power if you didn't? And what if you are not happy anymore - why ?
I'm on the fence so trying to be objective ;-)

OP posts:
Thread gallery
5
Zonder · 16/09/2024 19:29

I'm especially happy now there seems to be a resolution to the junior doctors' strike.

Shakeoffyourchains · 16/09/2024 19:28

Are we just having this exact same thread once a week until opinions change?

As I've said on every other thread, I didn't vote for them but I'm glad they won.

Having a government who are able to project even a veneer of competence is a massive step up from what we previously had.

DrinkElephants · 16/09/2024 19:25

I voted Lib Dem to prevent the tories getting a seat here.

I was very pleased labour won. And still am.

Mrsdyna · 16/09/2024 19:24

You're on Mumsnet, of course they'll say yes. Posters have been banging on for years about how bad the Tories are, now they have to save face by pretending that Labour aren't just as bad, if not worse.

knightsinwhitesatin · 16/09/2024 19:21

Yes

Nightowl1234 · 16/09/2024 19:20

Yep. Think they’ve made a great start. I hope the Tories are out for many many years to come.

Original poster
Noangelbuthavingfun · 16/09/2024 19:20

Don't assume these threads are always about Tories trying to provoke a response - I've voted a different party 3 times now in GEs. The Tori government under Boris was dreadful ... no integrity whatsoever . That's pretty important. Do I agree with Labour's stance on everything 🤔 no... but I'm actually pleasantly surprised on some things and very confused about other things they've done (winter fuel as one example) as it goes against what I'd have thought labour is all about . Therefore the question ...

OP posts:
MuseumGardens · 16/09/2024 19:20

Very.

FatArse123 · 16/09/2024 19:18

Yes

TheGreatWoofington · 16/09/2024 19:18

Yes.

randomchap · 16/09/2024 19:17

Dream2762 · 16/09/2024 19:07

Good luck paying the bills when net contributors decide they’re not going to be financially abused.

The quote from Thatcher about running out of other people’s money is most apt.

Show quote history

Financially abused? Fuck me

There are women who are genuinely being financially abused, who have no money of their own due to their abusers taking it, who are unable to escape these abusive relationships and you think it's an acceptable comparison to potential tax rises? Shameful

And "net contributors" can only earn because of the society around them that gives them that opportunity. They should be paying a fair share for the upkeep of that society

skippy67 · 16/09/2024 19:16

Yes! I'm excited to see real change in this country.

Zonder · 16/09/2024 19:16

Yes

fetchacloth · 16/09/2024 19:15

I didn't vote Labour (and never will), so on the fence with this really.
The Conservatives really need to get their act together to stand a chance in the next GE.
Meanwhile, there is no effective opposition in Parliament so Starmer and crew will just tax us all to death whilst he can get away with it.

Endiof · 16/09/2024 19:15

Yes, champagne socialist here.

Wouldhavebeenproficient · 16/09/2024 19:14

Not sure what the AIBU is? But on balance, yes so far I prefer them to the previous government.

DrummingMousWife · 16/09/2024 19:12

I hated the tories but to be honest this lot will also be crap. We really had a terrible choice in either starmer or sunak. Neither one could fry chips.

PennyNotWise · 16/09/2024 19:11

I’m so pleased.
Tories can keep complaining but nothing Starmer does is as bad as Bj. It’s so wonderful being in the other side and Tory voters having to suck it up for a change.
ahhh Christmas with the family is going to be so much nicer for me!

Tomatina · 16/09/2024 19:10

Yes. But it's far too soon to make any judgements. They've only just begun clearing up the Tory mess. Ask us again in a couple of years.

Summernightsinthe21stcentury · 16/09/2024 19:10

Yes delighted, thanks for asking

TalbotAMan · 16/09/2024 19:08

Autumnismyfavouritetimeofyear · 16/09/2024 19:01

Yes. Sick of these threads - Tory interns working overtime.

If only I was still young enough to be an intern!

PeachTree500 · 16/09/2024 19:08

I am not a fan of Labour in its current form. Pandering, mealy-mouthed, no commitment to any of the ideological underpinnings of the labour movement at all. They accept the Tory view of the economy but water it down slightly to make it more palatable. I didn’t vote for them.

But of course I’m glad they’re in instead of the Tories. Can’t imagine how even lifelong Tories could honestly defend the last government. Would you have been happy for them just to stay in power forever? Because that’s the alternative.

SpiderPlanter · 16/09/2024 19:08

I didn’t vote Labour but right now I’d rather a chimpanzee wearing underpants on its head than the Tories.

We knew things had to be bad. Things will get worse before they can get better. Do I agree with everything? No. But do I hope they find the massive deficit that the Tories left (hello PPE scandal) and get us back on an even keel? Yes. And I’m willing to let them try.

Dream2762 · 16/09/2024 19:07

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Good luck paying the bills when net contributors decide they’re not going to be financially abused.

The quote from Thatcher about running out of other people’s money is most apt.

ZoeyBartlett · 16/09/2024 19:06

Ye v happy.