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Does labour want to make itself unelectable ?

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glasslightly · 10/05/2026 17:46

The country has ‘spoken’, even if you consider it a protest vote for Reform. It’s clear that hard left politics are not popular. Fair enough if that’s your committed political philosophy but if you’re a member of the Labour Party and your job/ any shred of political influence you want rest on any form of political clout, surely you don’t aim for a new hard left leadership ?

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Faceblocks · 10/05/2026 18:09

Labour aren’t hard left. Corbyn was further left and some of the policies of the Greens are almost Marxist.

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 10/05/2026 18:03

I presume OP is referring to Angela Rayner's statement this evening backing Andy Burnham.

Although I would consider both to be soft left and the govt centrist.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 10/05/2026 18:00

Who are you describing as hard left, exactly?

SomersetBrie · 10/05/2026 17:58

I can't imagine anyone hard left being a member of this Labour party.

Plugg · 10/05/2026 17:57

Sand0 · 10/05/2026 17:50

what do you understand “hard left” to mean?

I don’t want to speak for OP but any actions that would be so economically damaging to send the bond markets soaring - like putting socialist doughbrains like Angela Raynor and Andy ‘fuck the bond markets’ Burnham would be ‘hard left’ to me.

Yay! National bankruptcy! Great plan guys!

WellErrr · 10/05/2026 17:55

I find it unbelievable that Starmer’s response was - ‘the public have spoken, and they are unhappy with the pace of change.’

Er, nope, that’s not it. Try again!

Next effort - ‘we are going to strengthen ties with Europe, and renew the scheme for youngsters to travel freely here for work.’

Even worse Starmer, that is literally no one’s priority and no one asked for that. Have one more go!

<wheels out Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman>

I mean, you couldn’t write it.

MandingoAteMyBaby · 10/05/2026 17:54

This government is absolutely not “hard left”.

Jesus wept you know nothing about politics.

5128gap · 10/05/2026 17:53

What do you mean by hard left, and what has the government done to make you describe them as such? It's difficult to speculate on whether the public may be protesting against a 'hard left' (or sonething else) without knowing what you're referring to? What actions have been 'hard left' and what evidence do you have that people disliked those specific things?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 10/05/2026 17:51

Yabu

Labour have only been in a year

The protest vote is about immigration and money

Sand0 · 10/05/2026 17:50

what do you understand “hard left” to mean?