Labour isn't working - Thread 25

[TheNuthatch]

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government. 💙 🩵

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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No fan of Davidson, she has been bloody awful on the ‘trans’ nonsense and has refused to engage with women who wanted to discuss it with her. In my opinion she would be more at home with the LibDems and I hope Kemi gives this new ‘movement’ short shrift.

The Conservative party needs to be conservative; I don’t agree with this ‘broad church’ idea if that means the party must adopt policies that are not conservative!

Oh has she?? I didn’t know that. For some reason I thought she supported women’s rights and didn’t succumb to the twaw nonsense. In that case I don’t like her.

OK, thanks.
That seems counterproductive to what Kemi is trying to build rn. They should be backing her, not undermining her.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/ruth-davidson-rights-of-trans-people-and-women-do-not-need-to-be-in-conflict-3677360

‘Nuance’, 'culture war’, more light less heat’ all the usual fence-sitting buzzwords 😡

I used to really like RD too. Not anymore.

The recent defections seem to be doing Reform no favours.

I like that mid blue crossing over red.

I am happy to see the teal line coming down.🙏 for it to sink further after this latest defection.

Yes. Labour looking like a ski slope is satisfying too, when will they bottom out?

I was just appreciating that red ski slope. I’m not sure any Labour loyalists could be happy with that.

Likeability. They've forgotten Tony then.

Deflection, gaslighting and now internecine warfare, is all that Labour have left.

I thought Suella was announcing tomorrow

Maybe they changed it to get the headlines away from Labour but that doesn't make sense because they're all negative headlines?

Weird question, does anyone know what the venue was for that announcement by Suella? I thought I recognised it. But if it's their HQ, then I wouldn't know it and it's just my imagination.

Good. They lasted around 19 months before making it clear to all. Nasty wotsits that they are.

It may well be that the timing has something to do with current political news.

But whether this defection announcement’s timing was by design or accident doesn’t really matter. Labour’s bogglingly bad decisions, disillusion with Starmer, ill-temper and festering hatreds will rumble on without any lessening of topicality or news value, whatever happens on the right.

If there’s any consolation for the Tories it’s that these defections are happening when they’re in opposition and media attention is rightly on the government. A really nasty civil war in Labour, which they’re gold medal winners at, and it’s all over for them. For good.

Likely the by election will be held on 26th February.

Labour clearly panicking and rushing.

Oh good. At least we won't have to wait too long to see how that plays out. I think the early day might be to put some clear water between a potential loss and the local elections.

Tapping my fingers waiting for some current polling now that Burnham has been kneecapped.

That’s super interesting.

Do we already have a list on any of the threads with all the u-turns?

The Burnham issue: I have stashed industrial quantities of popcorn; please don't tell me the pyrotechnics will be delayed until Airmiles Starmer returns from his kow-towing jaunt to China.

Airmiles Starmer…like it.

Can you imagine being a captive audience with him, in an aluminium tube at 39,000 feet for 13 hours….?

It’s like the old joke - even the autopilot jumped out…

Yes, and if they lose the by election, it creates two separate points of peril for Starmer. 🍿

Looking forward to seeing who Labour will put up….

Not that I'm aware of. Its a long list, although according to some, there haven't been any u turns. 😂

Perhaps we should keep an up to date list at the top of every thread. They are coming thick and fast.

news.sky.com/story/every-labour-u-turn-as-starmer-rows-back-on-compulsory-digital-id-plan-13493934