Labour Voters. Honest question

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I’m not looking to start an argument on this subject. I know it’s a very heated and emotive topic.

I have strong views on political issues. What with algorithms and biased news organisations, it’s very easy to end up only seeing information that confirms what we already believe. Because of that, you don’t often hear the other side of the political divide.

I’m honestly curious whether those who voted Labour at the last General Election, for reference I did not, would vote the same way if there were an early GE in January, purely hypothetical of course.

If so, I’d really appreciate you sharing what you feel they’ve done right so far in their term. I’m asking as I genuinely want to understand different perspectives.

YABU - I would vote labour again
YANBU - I wouldn’t vote for them again (or ever have)

I thought the last Tory Gov were a bag of shite - in terms of how they managed the economy and society. I am not impressed with Labour's contributions and I have no clue how I would vote in the next election - LIb dems being out because they would sell women out in a heart beat. I have never felt so disillusioned with the political pile of shit that is on offer.

Not forgetting he hid in a fridge

MPs in their own right are fair game, their families are not, just my opinion. So yes, I was extremely disparaging about Diane Abbott's catastrophic interview with Emma Barnett on Women's Hour. We later learned that she was unwell, no details provided, and she played no further part in the campaign. Personally and politically I think this was the correct, kind and dignified response.

Commenting on politician's errors and misdemeanours is fair game. Angela Rayner's attempt to minimise stamp duty is a legitimate gotcha. If you are in the public eye and being paid from the public purse, then the rule is "whiter than Persil". Tulip Siddiq facing corruption charges in Pakistan as an associate for Sheikh Hasina probably says more about Pakistani politics than her implication, but her record as a landlord which came out at approximately the same time does influence my view.

Bangladeshi politics, to be fair.

I know! I'm disgusted that they've not only not fixed it, but they haven't even been arsed to put anyone on the moon. Absolutely disgusting.

Facetious comments are cheap and easy. Could you even begin to plan a mission to put someone on the moon? Or to develop a solution to begin to solve a 30 year descent into an economic crisis? Which is where the country sits.

If you don't have a constructive thought to contribute, please go back to faffing around with your nails.

And to everyone else, who has posted in good faith, a happy new year.

Oh I'm sorry, please do share how you think Labour will sort out the 14 years of Tory fuckwittery going forward? I'm sure it will be thrilling. Hopefully not nail bitingly so.

But yes, clearly putting someone on the moon was a serious comment and I'm so glad that's what you chose to get angry about. You have the mind of a steel trap.

Tories made some mistakes but also did a lot of good

Not my monkeys, and I'm a long way off being an organ grinder... I think Labour is good enough at digging their own holes. Even so, I think highly of Wes Streeting and Shabana Mahmood; clever, and principled.

I’d love to know what good you think they did.

? I like Sunak. He’d have been an excellent PM for a long time, if he hadn’t been handed a dud tenure.

Honestly a lot. Legalised gay marriage. Expansion of our renewable energy portfolio, quickest decarbonisation and air quality improvements. I'm a proud Tory. Will never vote labour.

Think people got mixed up in the quote replies

Those are indeed the good things they did, I can't think of much else either

Conservatives are no long committed to the renewable energy portfolio.

Does that include the OP who hasn't bothered to engage?

Does it matter?

Your question is moot. The British vote as the media instructs them when the time comes. We are in a cycle of the country being bled dry beyond re-electability every three parliaments. However it is already obvious the current government is intended as a placeholder between cycles. There will be no second term.

Ah we'll see. A while yet till 2029. Happy new year under our Labour government in the meantime! Wonder if Nige is in Clacton.

Does it matter if they posted this thread in good faith? I think it does but it clearly won't bother the OP

At least in less than an hour it’s 2026, and Labour being gone in 2029 doesn’t seem quite so far away.

National Living Wage, personal tax allowance increase, automatic pension enrollment. They increased the hours for funded childcare. Sugar tax was good.

Furlough was good, vaccine rollout was very fast.

Thinking the same….not so long.

I’m looking forward to 2026. End of Starmer. Beginning of the end for Labour. Happy New Year!

Hope it passes as quickly and merrily as the last Tory run Parliamentary term (with its blur of 3 prime ministers) did for me!