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Labour lost two recent Council by elections in Burnley (4th November) Is this a concerning omen for the Labour Party

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 19:38

AIBU in thinking this is the shape of things to come in elections in May 2026? Why isn’t this being mentioned in the press as is very worrying for the Labour party

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 20:53

@Polaris81 i know! I’m just wondering why it’s not being flagged up in the press

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 19:38

AIBU in thinking this is the shape of things to come in elections in May 2026? Why isn’t this being mentioned in the press as is very worrying for the Labour party

Yes, I think it is.

No, you are not BU.

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 20:17

@ilovesooty there we’re only a total of 510 votes for he Reform candidate. Burnley has always been predominantly Labour

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 20:14

@ilovesooty oh sorry, I didn’t realise there are already threads about the Burnley elections

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ilovesooty · 08/11/2025 20:12

Here we go again.

There are rather a lot of people in Burnley predisposed towards Reform I think.

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 20:12

I notice it was an extremely low voting turnout (27%) I wonder if people are now totally apathetic

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 20:09

I’m also a lifelong labour supporter but won’t vote for them again

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SunnyViper · 08/11/2025 20:05

I have been a lifelong Labour voter with one brief side step to the greens but I will not be voting Labour again while Keir is leader and they sort their shit out, which may be never……..

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StrongLikeMamma · 08/11/2025 19:44

Yes! Because they won’t just be honest and say that this fucking mess the Tories made of our country over 14 years is going to take a LONG time to fix!
Lay out their plans and stop bloody parroting reform! This is losing votes rapidly and the racist twats won’t vote for them anyway.

Oh and sack the comms team too Keir! FFS 🙄🙄🙄

They have said nothing but, continually of a profession that can never take responsibility and admit they are wrong this lot have won the World Cup.

I will not vote Labour again because they cannot take responsibility Rachel reeves blaming everything but her when she needs to take responsibility for her last budget is childish and pathetic.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 08/11/2025 20:02

They are deeply hated so of course noone sensible will be voting for them locally.

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 20:01

I wonder if no one is noticing these results as it’s a northern town which slips under the radar of most people

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 20:00

@Dacatspjs it’s shocking really isn’t it? I voted for them and I feel very disappointed so far

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Mitochondriapowerhouse · 08/11/2025 19:59

@StrongLikeMamma yes I think a bit of honesty is required but politicians don’t seem very good at that!

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Dacatspjs · 08/11/2025 19:57

Probably because in the grand rankings of bad omens for the Labour party this doesn't make the top ten this week.

Yes for most parties in power this would be crap, but Labour have got so much more shit going on to worry about first.

StrongLikeMamma · 08/11/2025 19:44

Yes! Because they won’t just be honest and say that this fucking mess the Tories made of our country over 14 years is going to take a LONG time to fix!
Lay out their plans and stop bloody parroting reform! This is losing votes rapidly and the racist twats won’t vote for them anyway.

Oh and sack the comms team too Keir! FFS 🙄🙄🙄