If you voted Labour in July, have you changed your mind?

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Are you happy with the changes so far, and still backing Starmer?

I am so pleased I read this. It was just what I was thinking - "does no one remember what the Conservative/Lib-dem coallition was saying when they go in, in 2010?".

We've also had the billions that the pandemic cost us.

One of my worries this time was that Labour would start spending left, right, & centre. I can safely say I've had that worry alleviated.

Eh, a Labour government should be about sorting out the poverty and lack of investment caused by austerity

I agree, but they have in the past thrown money at things I felt was unnecessary, and I'm not talking about things that could get me labeled as "far right", I'm talking in a general sense. They stuck me as wasteful.

Which is a worry in itself because done areas do not need huge investments done to redress the jack of funding.
and this is necessary because of the huge impact it has on the economy.

im thinking there the NhS, education, the justice system etc etc….

What a pointless question.

[The answer's "No" BTW.]

I find it entirely believable, because we can all see for ourselves the awful effect of 14 years of underfunding of essential services, and the effect on prices of Brexit and Truss's stupendous mismanagement. Putting that right is obviously not going to be easy.

Voted for them this time around.

Tory in 2019.

I made a massive mistake once and I hope I haven't done so again.

I may not agree with everything Labour have done so far but I never expect to agree with every decision government make.

But as far as feeling like I've made a mistake so far I don't. I find them as a party to be more organised and open and honest than the previous lot.

Time will tell whether my opinion remains unchanged!

And as far as these examples nothing has been changed re mileage. Really prison releases was a Tory policy Labour had to inherit after Tory decisions filled up prisons - there was a warning just before the GE. Nothing has been announced about pensions.

I do think the cut off for WFA is too low.

No absolutely not! Give them a chance. The tories nearly destroyed this country it’s going to take a lot more than a couple of months to get things sorted.

I voted for Labour & still support them for now.

But I think the winter fuel allowance threshold at which for people stop qualifying for payment has been set too low.

And if they go after the disabled next they will lose my support forever...

I did not because I knew they are worse than the conservatives . However, even expecting the worse they are outdoing themselves negatively even if we are only on September. The news about the donors gifts is outrageous when they pledge integrity.

The news about the donors gifts is outrageous when they pledge integrity.

Agreed. So you will agree that the previous government, who also pledged integrity, were considerably worse because of the scale of their accepting of gifts. Right?

To be absolutely clear: I think we need a rule stating that accepting gifts should be banned.

Yes very happy. Nothing can be worse than the Tories and their lies, breaking COVID laws and cutting spending on public services to the point they are now broken.
Why are the Tories now using MN to campaign on? Can’t they afford to do it openly and properly without stealth?

Excellent forward planning with the introduction of a kitten into 10 Downing Street to replace Larry the Cat, as Larry will most likely have had a 'bug' inserted for relaying Cabinet Office conversations back to Conservative Central Office.

How can you regret something you didn't vote for?

Yes. So far so good.

Our new labour MP (swung from Tories) is doing great work locally too

Onwards & upwards

@Serencwtch we have a new tory mp (only just got elected). He promised to do loads of things locally. He is now saying he can't do much.

I'm particularly unhappy that we've got stuck with another tory mp that does nothing. I hope that next time we get local change.

2 million+ people calling for a snap general election. Still think all is well?

I didn't vote for Labour but I'm finding it hard to be positive about what they are planning to do. They come across as very negative in their interviews and discussions - we need to feel that what they are doing will be good for everyone. Not getting that feeling at all.

Well, yes. Way more than that voted other than Labour at the last election, it's hardly surprising that when someone starts a bandwagon a small proportion of them have jumped on it. It's meaningless.

No I haven’t changed my mind. My tax increase will have affect on business decisions for me this year, I will pay VAT on 3x school fees so im not directly benefiting from their policies announced so far, but I have faith they’ll restore direction and hope.

The Tories are moribund, low rent obsessed with trumpisn culture wars. Johnson degraded the office, Truss crashed the economy, Sunak pandered to his hard right flank.

And likelyto be the most ardent anti Labour supporters from prior to the election signing it. So no, I’m sure that shows anything much.

I'm really happy with my labour vote. They have delivered actually what they promised already!