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)

This.

She’s not an MP let alone shadow cabinet. Gilt yields have been higher under Labour if that’s your major concern

YourParty is clearly, at least currently, batshit too and the Greens arent a whole lot better. Maybe the LibDems are worth a punt?

Sadly I find myself more and more voting against a poor choice than actually for a party I feel optimistic about.

I’m relieved that we have a steady sensible leader now in Starmer

A lying, incompetent buffoon would be a more accurate description of Starmer.

@Maddy70

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/12/28/month-long-gp-waits-soar-under-labour/

More than seven million patients faced waits of four weeks or more between September and November, the worst autumn on record

I’m relieved that we have a steady sensible leader now in Starmer

Same, he may not be perfect but I feel like we have a grown up in charge for the first time in years.
Much rather him than the braying, culture wars crap we had leaders doing before Labour got in.

Yes and they all have no chance whatsoever in an election. So of the three options Labour is by a long stretch the least bad. Not ideal but that’s just the way it is.

Aye, right

I am amazed at how uncritical some people are. I generally vote Conservative but can see how utterly crap they were. Labour seem marginally worse.

Why do people think Starmer is steady ? Is it because he is a boring middle aged man in a suit? He shifts around all over the place.

All the people talking about 'free' stuff presumably don't pay any tax or don't realise where the government gets its money from. If the economy isn't going well there won't be any money to fund all this 'free' stuff.

I genuinely think his actions are deliberate rather than incompetence. The motivation seems to be by forcing more people into state reliance they will increase their voting base. I can’t think of other reasons why they’d encourage unemployment, tax small businesses out of existence, increasing private rents, reducing private rental stock, tax education or make not working more appealing than working. I just don’t buy it’s all incompetence, I think it’s by design

Have they actually got 6500 teachers?

If you could link to this having happened, that would be great. I thought it was a manifesto promise that they hadn't done?

Explain to me how anyone not on benefits is better off under Labour.

Why isn’t there any money, suggest you apply some of your criticality to the Cons utter mishandling of the economy. They had 14 years to sort it out and failed miserably.

Nope, 1390 fewer https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-and-training-statistics-for-the-uk/2025

You may be right but the polls suggest support for Labour is at it's lowest level ever so that suggests their strategy to win voters over isn't working.

Stop it with the facts! Labour and Labour supporters don’t deal with facts!

Labour fabricated the ‘black holes’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reeves-budget-taxes-labour-obr-b2874497.html

Oh god. Here we go again, facts that disprove labours meaningless but oft repeated slogans and soundbites.

😂 I can’t cope!

Read my second sentence and you will see that I did describe the Conservatives as 'utterly crap'.

That doesn't stop Labour from being even more of disaster. Making a bad situation worse by implementing policies that close down businesses, cause redundancies and increase unemployment does not make me feel like things are now heading in the right direction.

This list just shows your bias so is completely useless. Even as a non labour voters i agreed with their approach to 2/3 of these. Its not the gotcha list you think it is..

In the Independent too. Agree with you btw on the state dependency stuff below, although as pp says votes are dropping so hopefully not.

Explain to me why I should believe anything from the Cons with their track record of utterly shambolic government, or reform without any coherent policy to speak of? “Nige says it’ll be fine”. Can’t even name another one of their politicians, apart from the grifter in chief, anything you do hear reeks of incompetence and venality, and they’re going to run the country? Hope you’re getting paid for all the campaigning you’re doing on this thread.

It's the campaigning people are doing elsewhere that is really damaging the Labour party - let's keep that going because it's working very nicely.

I agree with this. I voted green in the past but Labour at the last GE as felt it needed to be more strategic than just who I’d like to vote for. I will 100% vote for them again if it counts towards keeping (mainly) reform out. I’ll never vote tory, I grew up in a council estate in the 90’s with a v hardworking single mum & 3 siblings. Despite being a higher earner now, I’ll never forget where I came from and the bone some people need throwing, and it’s not going to be thrown by the tories imo.