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Still vote Labour?

176 replies

Iwishicouldflyhigh · 02/07/2025 07:27

After one year of Labour rule, if you could go back in time and vote again, would you still vote the same.

i voted Tory, and still would, although I also thought change was good, and I was genuinely excited to get a breath of fresh air in number 10, I had quite high hopes.

im now depressed that we are very probably going to get Reform in 4 years.

would you vote differently?

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Pinty · 02/07/2025 09:04

Yes I would definitely still vote Labour.
Things would be a thousand times worse with the alternative.
And what ever the knockers may say labour have done good things already It's just that as with every labour government the media always focus on the negative.
They definitely need to reframe the narrative and they need to get more politically savvy.
But they had to cope with 14 years of austerity and misrule. That can't be overturned quickly

Topseyt123 · 02/07/2025 09:04

KnittyNell · 02/07/2025 08:57

I can’t wait for a Reform government.

Reform and anyone who votes for them can get to fuck. Even though it might happen.

Pinty · 02/07/2025 09:06

Guavafish1 · 02/07/2025 07:48

Previous labour voter…. Never again

Why and who will you vote for instead and why.

Rosieposy89 · 02/07/2025 09:15

I voted Lib Dem tactically to get Labour in. I cried tears of relief when Labour won.
I am lifelong disabled and cannot believe what has happened.
I feel so betrayed I have cried. The way they have acted like Tories and used disabled people as scapegoats is disgusting. I work despite chronic pain. I just feel utterly depressed by it all. I appreciate the Labour MPs who have shown courage and gone against their party, buy I will never, ever use my vote for Labour again.

Iwishicouldflyhigh · 02/07/2025 09:17

HangryLikeTheHulk · 02/07/2025 08:03

I’d absolutely vote Labour again.

I think Starmer needs to sack his advisors and own his premiership a bit more. But on the whole I’m ignoring the confected outrage funded by billionaires which floods both social media and traditional media and can see steady improvements coming through already.

At least Starmer listens, and isn’t afraid to alter course; that alone is a breath of fresh air compared to the toxic masculinity of “proceed with bullshit at all costs” of the previous government.

What positive outcomes have you seen? Genuine question as I’ve seen none (still hoping that will change!).

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Lottapianos · 02/07/2025 09:19

In the absence of any other sensible option, yes I would vote Labour again.

Brefugee · 02/07/2025 09:22

have not RTFT. I was beginning to have my doubts, but at least my MP voted against the bill. I would have been absolutely flabberghasted if she hadn't, tbh, but i did fear an abstention as she's quite new.

So, for now, i am ok with them. Until next time. Because now they know they can vote against him, Starmer may be calmed down a bit.

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 09:22

I didn't vote Labour but i do regret who i did vote for as our local mp turned out to be a dick.There all as bad as each other I honestly wouldn't no who to vote for

Iwishicouldflyhigh · 02/07/2025 09:23

Alexandra2001 · 02/07/2025 08:34

Today, for the first time in decades, they are announcing a social housing building plan.....

Thats starting to address the real issues facing the country.

They are and my DD will bear me out on this, she works in the NHS, making real improvements in NHS care.

We don't hear much of what Labour are planning as much of the media, understandably, focus on bad news, of which there is mush to report on around the UK and the world.

What improvements is she seeing, my best friends are hospital based pharmacists, a go, various nurses and surgeons, and they have said no improvements have filtered down at all.

what dues your daughter do?

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EveryDayisFriday · 02/07/2025 09:26

Reform are the MAGAs of the UK. Farage proved that with Brexit, he is exellent at getting people to vote against their own interests. Unless the Reformers on here are multi millionaires, in that case I do understand their thinking.

Genevieva · 02/07/2025 09:28

I’ve always taken the view that I don’t mind who wins, as they reflect the will of the people, which is the essence of democracy. I’ve not been pleased with any resulting government for years, but that’s a different matter - one of competency not party. I’m no more worried about a Reform win than any other.

I have voted for several parties in the past, including Labour and Tory. I currently live in a constituency where Labour come 4th and where my local MP had a strong track record of commitment to local issues, so I was happy to vote for the incumbent on the basis of individual track record, not party.

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 09:30

Rosieposy89 · 02/07/2025 09:15

I voted Lib Dem tactically to get Labour in. I cried tears of relief when Labour won.
I am lifelong disabled and cannot believe what has happened.
I feel so betrayed I have cried. The way they have acted like Tories and used disabled people as scapegoats is disgusting. I work despite chronic pain. I just feel utterly depressed by it all. I appreciate the Labour MPs who have shown courage and gone against their party, buy I will never, ever use my vote for Labour again.

Exactly this im also disabled and work part time as I can but what they have done going after all the vulnerable people is completely the opposite of what Labour stands for thankfully a lot of Labour mps did the right thing and went against stammer

Tangerinenets · 02/07/2025 09:33

I didn’t vote for them last time but I’ll leave it to nearer the time to decide. They haven’t done anything yet that would put me off.

Obeseandashamed · 02/07/2025 09:36

I didn’t vote labour in the last election despite being a long time labour voter prior to that. I can’t see myself going back to voting for labour.

HarperValley · 02/07/2025 09:37

Knowing what I know now I would still choose to vote Labour. I still feel we’re in a better place with them than we would have been with more years of Tory chaos, cruelty and corruption. I think we could do with a few years of ‘boring, charisma free’ politics and to expect all the years of decline to have been fixed within the year is unrealistic in the extreme. That said though, I want more/different from Labour - particularly around the environment and Europe. As to how I’d vote next time, that remains to be seen. I’m more naturally aligned with the Lib Dems or Greens but at the last election I went Labour which helped to dethrone the previous Tory safe seat and would make my decision tactically again. (Aware this is likely the ‘least worse’ option rather than preference but in my view the only viable option with our inadequate voting system)

hayfeverforever · 02/07/2025 09:40

Never voted in my life. But if I did I’d vote reform. Shame we can’t have someone like trump though, I like him.

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 09:40

I probably would vote Labour purely because a lot of the Labour Mps did do the right thing its only really starmer thats the prick

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 09:41

hayfeverforever · 02/07/2025 09:40

Never voted in my life. But if I did I’d vote reform. Shame we can’t have someone like trump though, I like him.

Thank god you've never voted

stclementine · 02/07/2025 10:16

I’m torn. I’m a lifelong Labour supporter but I work for NHSE and so I’ve been labelled a flabby bureaucrat who has no point or use and my organisation abolished. This restructure has been the worst yet with the politicians going for the headlines and Wes Streeting very obviously lining himself up for a leadership contest. Everything is delayed because, guess what? The politicians made announcements out of their backside and without any idea of what we actually do. So I’m angry at labour right now.

however, the Tories all but destroyed the nhs, education and the rest of the public sector. They were chaotic at best and downright unhinged at worst, so even with what is going on with this restructure from hell, I still,prefer them to the Tories and definitely definitely to the reform option. Thoigh how the hell people think that reform can go from 5 seats to a government god only knows.

I also never vote Labour because I live in an area of the country that has always been strongly Lib Dem and it is good that in the last election we saw some of the seats that had been Tory for years go back to Lib Dem.

MrsSkylerWhite · 02/07/2025 10:18

luckylavender · 02/07/2025 07:29

Too soon to say. Blair had almost exactly the same rebellion over welfare early in his first term. Would never vote Reform or Tory.

This. 4 years is a very, very long time in politics.

Many people had extremely unrealistic expectations.

Will decide in 4 years.

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 02/07/2025 10:21

I gave up on Labour long before the last election. I had hoped my concerns around their governance was unfounded but now it's shaping up to be worse than I ever thought. I'll never vote for them again. It's been a year of duplicity, incompetence and fast decline. Who the hell knows where we'll be by 2029?

FreezeDriedStrawberries · 02/07/2025 10:24

EveryDayisFriday · 02/07/2025 07:32

I voted Labour, I'd do it again. I like this Labour govt.

I hate that the media are giving the monkeys at Reform a platform. They should be giving Lib Dems a voice before Reform but they are really pushing their agenda and it's unbearable.

Same and completely agree with all of this

oldwhyno · 02/07/2025 10:24

I have never hated anything in my life quite so much as I hate this evil thieving bastard Labour government and the entire flawed ideology.

There are a LOT of reasons not to want a Reform government but I'll gladly vote for them and live with the consequences if that's what it takes to get rid of this bunch of c_nts.

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 02/07/2025 10:25

MrsSkylerWhite · 02/07/2025 10:18

This. 4 years is a very, very long time in politics.

Many people had extremely unrealistic expectations.

Will decide in 4 years.

Tony Blair still had a net favourability in the mid thirties alongside that rebellion though, that's about 70 points higher than were Keir is languishing. It's hardly comparable - Keir is exposed in his own party and with the electorate - he has no buffer zone.

FreezeDriedStrawberries · 02/07/2025 10:25

hayfeverforever · 02/07/2025 09:40

Never voted in my life. But if I did I’d vote reform. Shame we can’t have someone like trump though, I like him.

lol