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)

Agree

Ha, this is nearly an exact list of the issues I care about too. I rarely seem find people with the same combination of priorities/opinions as me.

I have always voted Labour, but I don’t feel particularly thrilled with them anymore. I feel quite politically homeless. However, if a GE was called right now I suspect they’d get my vote purely for lack of an appealing alternative.

They didn't. Those are just figures that were in their manifesto. Meaningless drivel.

What a heartening thread! Thanks for posting so goadily OP, and thanks for taking the time to answer seriously everyone. There’s a load of good stuff happening that it’s easy to forget and overlook. Plus some big mistakes too which have been well pointed out.

I didn’t vote Labour as I had to vote Lib Dem in my constituency to get the Tories out, and prior to that I was in Caroline Lucas’ constituency and voted for her - regardless of party I thought she was an excellent and valuable voice to have in parliament. But to answer the point behind your question - who would you like to see form the next government: Labour. Absolutely. Because the Tories and Reform are evil and corrupt and inept. And no one else is a serious contender.

At least with Labour I believe that there are serious people with half a brain at least trying to make things better for ordinary people rather than just getting as much as they can for themselves. Even though they are by no means perfect and I could moan about them for ages!

I'm not the person you're referring to, but I've also seen improvements around here, where I am.
Police on the streets, which I haven't seen for years.
Kind of nice and reassuring to have a "bobby on the beat" again, who you can pass "hellos" to as they go by.
Ringing up the doctors at 8am in the morning and actually getting an appointment for the same day instead of hearing "you are 29th in the queue" then when you eventually get through an hour or so later they've all gone and "ring back tomorrow" 🙄 for more of the same
Just two off the top of my head.

You are also referring to Raynor, Reeves, Mandelson too I'm guessing with the corruption and lies?

💯 agreed. It’s like someone (forget who) in a newspaper article said recently - Labour politicians and people supporting Labour spout the same old shit slogans and statements, on repeat, with zero facts to back them up.

Slogans and soundbites like ‘smash the gangs’ and ‘end child poverty’ are designed to short-circuit thought and leave reason at the door. Used to tremendous success by the communists and nazis.

Embarrassing really. To say the least.

Our MP changed from a long-standing and particularly ineffective and absent Conservative to a young, ambitious Labour. Prescriptions are now filled faster, we suddenly got a whole load of roads resurfaced - even rurally. And building projects unstalled after years of NIMBYism.

Things started to actually change where they had been frozen in time with the previous guy.

I have to say if anyone has received constant attacks and dirt digging it has to be Farage. It's really stepped up a notch in recent months. I think parties, particularly Labour, have been desperately trying to bring him down because they're panicking that the threat of Reform getting in at the next GE is very real. But unfortunately Labour have instead had to switch their focus to controlling corruption in their own party over the last 6 months.

'Smash the gangs' was never going work. Smash one and another dozen will pop up to fill the gap. Pointless drivel peddalled out to pacify growing concerns.

I’ve voted unreasonable because there was a very similar post up earlier this week and I’m more curious as to why people keep highlighting the same question. I smell a rat There are polls and threads but also the peoples right to keep their vote private between them and the ballot box which is why the polls are often wrong

Whereas elsewhere, the number of people waiting more than a month for a GP appointment has soared under Labour - far from reducing waiting times, they've achieved the complete opposite.

Yes people have the right to keep their vote private but no one's forcing them to click on this thread. Equally, people could vote on this thread but not comment and then their voting intention would still be private so I don't see the problem.

It was absolutely hilarious when Stephen Kinnock tried to claim that Labour has already smashed 240 gangs on Question Time though.😂

That’s great, for you and other locals. Sadly it’s down to a particular individual, which is so often the case in many areas of life.

The right owns most of the major newspapers and news outlets ... not surprisingly, that distorts the public's perception of all things political.

There isn’t a shred of evidence for any of that. (Apart from the world shattering allegation of parties 🙄).

Thank you for proving my point so effectively. 👍

Labour ran a campaign of lies. They have no complaint about any coverage of them.

This. I'm utterly appalled. Took a chance on them and bitterly regret it.

This!
Would hate not to vote as people fought so hard for universal suffrage but beginning to think abstention is my only option.

The f* up that is Brexit (and I blame the tories for this entirely) is very difficult to fix.

I feel exactly the same.

What new policy has Labour enacted that brings about a cashless society ?

Well that’s kind of how our system works. You vote for your representative and pester them to improve local issues. That’s it.

Hard to take but I doubt you’re alone.

Do you feel that the PPE contracts during COVID were well-managed and handed out fairly, including the use of the VIP lane? Do you think any contracts were handed out because they were donors to the Conservative Party or friends of MPs - and if you do, that was ok?

How does that work with Labours manifesto promises? And with the things they’ve done but didn’t mention in the manifesto?