Voting labour for the first time. Anyone else?

[Lupina12]

Labour are far from perfect, but I like Keir Starmer and I think they are the best party to turn things around from the awful mess the incumbents have got us into.

He’s not glossy or witty or funny, but he seems decent - (he clearly has a wonderful wife and that only reflects well on him!)

Anyway, just curious - anyone else voting Labour for the first time? I’m 40 by the way and in the south east.

What's funny is the utter moral outrage and panic from some people about some thing that isn't even anything to do with labour.

I have pcos so I'm a proud bearded lefty woman 😂

As a parent of autistic children, it’s absolutely not ridiculous. Along with those who have suffered severe abuse in childhood, they are most likely to be groomed by gender ideology and Labour as a party backs it fully.

There's absolutely nothing "Hard Left" about Momentum ffs

All that daily tweezering I do, honestly. I need to find a more permanent solution. I’ll be on Style & Beauty soon.

And like I said, the Tories have been crap, and I agreed - let Labour have a chance. Let’s see what they do to turn it around. I will be the first to hold my hands up if things improve under their leadership, but I sense people already making excuses for them ‘…well it’s not gonna be sorted for a loooong while, as will take time (years!?) to repair the mess…’. Nope. We will expect some improvement in the next four years. And definitely not a downward turn. And if not - out they go. I’m being fair here. Happy to let them have a go….

100% agree
I hope it makes massive dent in the votes if more women realise what fear and anxiety they have caused to all involved and affected by the safe spaces debacle.

dont trust them one jot

I'm voting for the first time in my life, Labour party.

You are talking about it like it is a football team, let them have a go?!
You do know Labour will bankrupt the country potentially for generations, it is not a party game where everyone gets their turn. It has deadly serious consequences for everyone.

Of course Momentum represent the (very) far left of Labour. How would you describe them?? (Ffs)

Momentum are very hard left. Some pp are batshit. Are they even further left - communists.

That’s ok .. Labour will bow down and the whole country will be on strike like in tbe late 70s .. “winter of discontent “ it’s all on Google wiki

Yes 3 day weeks and no electricity and an IMF bailout to keep the country afloat was Labour's 'gift' to us all.

What's left of Socialist Labour, and a pale imitation of what used to actually pass as socialist.

If they're your "hard left", then presumably in your head the likes of Braverman is a moderate centrist.

Some pp are batshit

Aren't they just...

I agree. But we know that it’s going to be a Labour landslide here. Considering only two years ago that it was widely said that Labour would never get into power again, just shows how far the Tories have gone downwards. I’m pissed of with Sunak as he did nothing to avoid this. In fact he did nothing full stop. And here we are. On the precipice of God knows what. I know Labour are shit, as do you, but to get others to realise that, especially the newer generation of voters (who don’t remember what it’s really like under Labour), we have to let them have this one. Too late to accept anything else. I was saying that I’m prepared to see if ‘old’ lefty Labour have gone, as I have little choice. I know deep down that they will drag us down the road of old, but just stating that this is their chance. If they don’t deliver in the next four years, the new generation of voters will know what we know.

It was Edward Heath, a Conservative PM who introduced the three day week.

Rayner is the very pin up girl of the hard left and could be deputy PM or did you expect us not to notice??

How are you going to cope tomorrow?

This is a history lesson for everyone on MN on what Labour did to our country not so long ago:

https://www.historyhit.com/when-the-lights-went-out-in-britain-the-story-of-the-three-day-working-week/

We are in deep shit if they get in again.

Just cannot believe that Momentum can be anything other that hard left. Again, I repeat, how would you describe them, bearing in mind the other options are centre, or soft left?

Wasn’t Edward heath conservative?

Labour was in power in the winter of discontent when we barely survived (1979) People have very short memories.

Yes, me. Not completely comfortable voting for Labour, as I do have some concerns. But on balance, I believe I did the right thing.

Certainly don’t agree with their policies on everything, but on the majority of issues that concern me the most, we’re generally aligned

They hate our country but let it all come to fruition
the strikes the bankruptcy, cutting defence
more wokery … biologically born females nervous of predatory men taking advantage of the “licence “ to invade our safe spaces.
The country suffering more with the NHS as more and more and more illegal immigrants are sent over here from France because they will be sending them here with their far right party soon to be .
People wjll just have to see for themselves what past labour governments have inflicted on UK … Many too young and not lived through the dark days of Labour socialism and utopian ideals that are all very wonderful but just don’t work in the real world