I regret voting Labour - they've let women down

I believe it's been like that from the start.

I voted for Labour and whilst I have mixed views on their performance so far, I don't regret my decision.

Reading the article, it just sounds like any tax rise or cut to services is bad and a 'personal attack'. That doesn't seem sustainable to me, the country needed change.

100% this. I’m afraid it will get much worse for all of us.

It’s still too early to say on private schools.

What do you think of the welfare cuts Labour are introducing?

I will never vote for Labour ever again and I was a paid up member.

"If the NI policy works as intended, it will allow more public spending, boosting the economy and quality of life in general, and creating more wealth for women and everyone else"

Except that the revenue raised from the NI increases is going to fund the increase in Defence spending and continued financial aid to Ukraine, 12.8 billion committed to Ukraine as of feb 2025

www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-support-to-ukraine-factsheet/uk-support-to-ukraine-factsheet

Ok, you got me. I am voting Conservative next GE.
NOT.

I'm suspicious of any criticism of policies that haven't come into effect yet. There was a lot of criticism of the private school VAT but so far the doomsayers' predictions seem not to have materialised. There are a lot of people who are invested in Labour failing, but not because they care about women or the poor or the disabled in the slightest.

If the NI policy works as intended, it will allow more public spending, boosting the economy and quality of life in general, and creating more wealth for women and everyone else. That's a pretty big if, admittedly, but I'd prefer to reserve judgement on the policy until we see how it actually turns out.

There is no "labour" or "conservative" nor has been for a long time. UK is governed by a Uniparty, two cheeks of the same arse, an illusion of choice at the polls every 5 years.

Exactly it’s a spiral downwards.

The fundamental problem is that thet are a party of lawyers, activists and unionists and dont have any interest let alone knowledge of business. They have no idea how to make real money by growing the economy, so are having to make smaller savings everywhere else and tax wherever possible.

I suspect there is an element of no matter what party got into power they were going to have to do something about the vast welfare costs etc. But Labour have gone about things so ineptly, it’s staggering. Particularly on the economy, Reeves really comes across as not having a clue.

Wes Streeting I have time for but not so much most of the rest. Starmer is a colossal disappointment.

And yes, we were all lectured extensively about how indescribably awful we were for saying we wouldn’t vote Labour on the issue of women’s rights/identities and yet look at what a shit show we’ve ended up with. Where are all the scolds now?

Really there was no choice at the last election. The Conservatives were so corrupt and that man in charge of the Lib Dem’s seemed to think that politics was about making a fool of himself.
More than anything I was upset by the rise in National Insurance contributions. It just kills jobs.

I wonder if it was a paid gig?

It often felt like it, it was endless. Someone asked her that once though and she denied it.

ETA: well I suppose she was hardly going to admit it if it was!

I wonder if it was a paid gig?

Adam Ryan/Cassie Maddox posted relentlessly throughout the election about how AWFUL the Tories were and how AWFUL any woman was who didn't vote Labour. All gone quiet since.

I spoiled my ballot paper in despair. Wish the Greens would wake the fuck up and get rid of their gender-addled dead wood.

Same

Yes that poster Adam something, where are they now?

I think the biggest issue is the targeting of disabled people.
I am now politically homeless.

it came as no suprise when Labour won. Hey ho I thought to myself, let's see how Starmer does. Positive attitude, maybe he'll do a good job. I rate Wes Streeting highly, and have long terms hopes for him.

Same. Always prepared to give people the benefit of the doubt and the chance to prove themselves, whatever their past performance. Generally disappointed so far except for WS.

I voted against Labour because of their treatment of women's rights, but it came as no suprise when Labour won. Hey ho I thought to myself, let's see how Starmer does. Positive attitude, maybe he'll do a good job. I rate Wes Streeting highly, and have long terms hopes for him.
Few weeks later and the freebies scandal breaks out. Apparently Starmer loves his free gifts and it's a major personal policy for him to get as much free stuff as possible. Positive attitude and give the man a chance to prove what he can do vibes all gone. Just another pig walking on two legs towards the trough. George Orwell's Animal Farm is not fiction.

We all knew Labour was getting elected.
Nothings more than has happened many times before, a Govenment had held power for too long and people thought it was Time for a Change..
Well now your seeing the truth, they all spend too much, make bad decision and need to own up to it.
Stammer became a freebies fiend..
Power crupts, absolute power crupts completely....sic.

I never trusted Starmer after his betrayal of Corbyn. KS has all the markings of a tory, and a ruling class puppet.

Thing is, their cuts impact not just the group being cut, but puts extra pressure on women to fill the gaps, e.g. I've paid my parents missing winter fuel allowance this year. My friend may have to care for her disabled husband and his elderly parents as well as her elderly parents with no respite.

So glad that I didn't vote for them. I hoped that they would pleasantly surprise us but nope - it's exactly as I feared!