Does anyone still support this Labour government?

[PutTheCakeDOWN]

I know NO ONE in real life who still sticks up for them (apart from my mother, and she would support Labour even if KS owned up to creating Covid). Apart from that, all quiet on the western front.

I haven’t seen any support on here, or SM for weeks now.

Is it my algorithm bubble, or are people genuinely disappointed with them? I don’t think it can be the algorithms though, as until a few weeks ago there were still words of support popping up.

For full disclosure I think this government is a total shitshow intent on dismantling British culture, and taxing the private sector to death in order to pay for the public sector. With no long term plan once the private sector is squeezed totally dry. I am BEYOND disappointed with them.

That will take time too, but they are too thick to see that.

Taxes have increased due to years of low growth & yrs of low investment. With an ageing population that has not been planned for they will only keep going up as public services will cost more & more.

Previous generations have not paid enough for state pensions and our healthcare model. The ponzi scheme doesn’t work when there are fewer workers & fewer young people.

I support them. I dont think they are particularly great but they are miles better than Reform and Tories.

Labour didn’t expect the negative impact on growth and jobs though, they thought their policies would have a more positive impact.

I assume you lived through 14 years of the prev government and brecit and austerity- where just about every public service, local authority and the NHS were hollowed to the bone? Or do you amnesia that these things didn’t happen or were somehow good?

The only problem I have with current Labour government is that they are to scared of going all the way on their policies because of trying to appease all the right wingers.

The Rwanda plan was mental. This plus your apparent belief that the private and public sectors are separable puts you in my "shouldn't be allowed to vote" box. The worst part of the modern age is surely the empowered confidence of the ignorant.

On the original question, it strikes me as silly to support a political party since by definition it is a collective of politicians. But criticise based on an educated understanding or just watch strictly quietly.

What happened to smash the gangs and one in and one out?

The worst part of the modern age is surely the empowered confidence of the ignorant.

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Are you serious? Worse than Boris who gave contracts away to his mates, wasting billions of our money? Worse than Liz who crashed the economy spectacularly? So this very mild and very centrist government is the worst because it (quite rightly) taxed the well off so we have more money for all the stuff we need (to put it very simply)?

This hatred of Labour is completely driven by the right wing owed media and paid troll farms. Its bullshit.

Yes, I still support them. Like any party, there are policies which I don't agree with but overall I'm happy with how things are going.

Ok but do you mean Labour voters? Or I’m not sure who is being too confident. Voters generally?

Except those losing livelihoods or jobs or can’t get a job. Do you not know anyone facing that?

Both of those statements about Johnson and Truss are Labour falsehoods.

That’s how Labour got in: lies.

@EasternStandard why do you think all labour voters are ignorant?

@EasternStandard which party do you think will be creating lots of jobs in the future?

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow thank you

Please could you tell me

What they're doing to clean up rivers

What they're doing to improve the dentist situation

What they're doing to improve the situation with doctors being unable to get work here

What they are doing to reduce the price of power

I genuinely don't know and I welcome good news wherever it comes from. I'm not a "committed to one party" type person, I'll happily vote for whoever has good stuff going on

Me. I’ve been interested in politics for 45 years and they seem ok to me. Doesn’t mean I agree with everything they do, but I didn’t expect to.

This.

So true.

KS is such a weak leader.

I used to be a Labour supporter a long time ago but can't imagine being one again. They have been so awful for so long.

Politically homeless now.

I want a competent administration that bases its policies on a rational evidence base. Clearly that is asking too much.

Yeah, you're bang to rights on that last one. I haven't been able to sleep for nights in my tiny Cornish village due to the constant bombings and strafings, and having to run down to the air raid shelter every time the siren goes. Hell, is that another goat on fire?

So this very mild and very centrist government is the worst because it (quite rightly) taxed the well off

Yes they think they are taxing the well-off. ‘Well, those boys are rolling in it, so we’ll have a slice thanks.’

What they’re actually taxing is success. Businesses. Entrepreneurs. Business owners working 24 hour days to succeed. Business owners striving to grow, to make more money.

So the upshot is that these people either think ‘what’s the point of making more for them to just take it’ sell up and stop, or move to put their money in a more welcoming country.

You need rich people. Rich people who’ve made their money. Of course, they then need to be taxed fairly, but not taxed to death. Or they won’t bother and the whole system collapses.

A lot of the Labour-ites can’t bear to see anyone having ‘more.’ They see it as unfair and want to take it. They completely miss the point that successful business are what successful economies and therefore societies are built upon.

All they see is ‘rich people’ and they want to grab. But what will they do when they realise they’ve gobbled down the harvest, but neglected to plant for next year?

9 voters did at this Cornwall Council by-election held just before Christmas. Though the other 99.3% who voted expressed a different view.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/lgrehusj/declaration-of-result-of-poll-st-columb-minor-colan-electoral-division-18-december-2025-1.pdf

A competent economist would have known exactly what would happen.

@PutTheCakeDOWN but the Tories really hit high earners on PAYE or do you not count them as rich?