Labour lose By-election

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TinderTime · 20/01/2024 08:23

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12983229/Labour-lose-council-election-tearing-apart-trans-row-Candidate-suffers-shock-loss-Tories-east-London-forced-apologise-social-media-posts-claimed-trans-women-not-female.html

Labour lose council by-election after tearing itself apart over trans row: Candidate suffers shock loss to Tories in east London after she was 'forced' to apologise for social media posts in which she claimed 'trans women are not female'

Maybe the Labour Party will start to listen .... won't hold my breath!

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Froodwithatowel · 20/01/2024 09:16

They won't 'listen'. They may temporarily adjust their marketing until safely in power.

terffert · 20/01/2024 09:05

I wonder why on earth, as a matter of political judgement, she apologised? Surely it was clear that by making sensible gc points and then going back on them she was going to end up having pleased nobody?

Theinnocenteyeballsinthesky · 20/01/2024 08:52

Agree flickersy- I’m just stating my view of what I think Labour will take from it

Flickersy · 20/01/2024 08:43

Theinnocenteyeballsinthesky · 20/01/2024 08:33

I guarantee that will Labour will take from that is not that they enabled an embarrassing unprofessional shitshuw but that the public don’t like GC candidates

There isn't any way of telling though, is there? Not at the moment anyway, we'd need to wait for someone to dig into it.

As much as we'd like it to be because of the Labour mess, it could also be due to her GC views. It could also be due to other factors entirely.

It's almost certainly a mix of all three. There will be people put off voting for her by all the above.

Theinnocenteyeballsinthesky · 20/01/2024 08:33

I guarantee that will Labour will take from that is not that they enabled an embarrassing unprofessional shitshuw but that the public don’t like GC candidates

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