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Labour are totally toast in Thursday’s elections

499 replies

Nicewoman · 02/05/2026 02:38

I can’t wait for Thursday. Labour are finished. Not a single moment too soon. Happy Dayz

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EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 14:25

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:24

She is hugely unpopular, incompetent and simply not very nice going by her policies and some quite ignorant comments.

She also thinks Boris was a great prime minister and partygate went too far!

You said you hope she replaces Starmer - why?

She’s not going by net favourability rating, Starmer’s is much lower.

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:25

She has also been accused of bullying and traumatising staff.

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:26

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 02/05/2026 14:24

I’d also put all the hypocrisy into the incompetence side of the scale.

You could easily argue that it’s much worse than that, as being evidence of dishonesty. But being a forgiving sort I’ll take it as incompetence.

Two simple examples. Labour in opposition attacked the Tories for supposedly considering cutting WFA (they never did). Cutting WFA was one of the first things Labour announced (before Starmer got frightened by the backbenchers and did a screeching u-turn).

And Labour lambasted the Tories about wasteful and costly plane use. Just check out Labour’s track record!

(There were a couple of bits of Labour shenanigans that should have got a look-in in my previous post…Tulip Siddiq and Rushanara Ali, formerly anti-corruption and homelessness ministers respectively. Absolutely hilarious stuff.)

Is that it?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 02/05/2026 14:27

NoSoupForU · 02/05/2026 14:20

I think Reform doing well in the locals would be a terrific outcome. It will give people a couple of years of experiencing the reality of just how incompetent they are, and leave the general election to actual serious political parties. Not private limited companies with the party leader financially benefitting from donations as major shareholder from the sham PSC they created.

I understand this line of thinking, but I live in a Reform-controlled local authority at the moment. The council is shambolic, but it doesn't seem to have dampened anyone's enthusiasm for Reform.

My general observation is that most Reform voters are not educated enough to understand the difference between which issues are managed at a local authority level and which issues are managed by the government in Westminster. And as long as we continue to have Labour in power in Westminster, they won't hold Reform responsible for the total chaos that is occurring at local authority level.

luckylavender · 02/05/2026 14:27

The more people & the media especially harp on, the more likely it is.

ProudAmberTurtle · 02/05/2026 14:29

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:24

She is hugely unpopular, incompetent and simply not very nice going by her policies and some quite ignorant comments.

She also thinks Boris was a great prime minister and partygate went too far!

You said you hope she replaces Starmer - why?

I didn't say that but as it happens I would like to see that.

She's got guts - and is just about the only party leader who has unequivocally said from the start that cross-dressing men are not women.

ConcernedForWales · 02/05/2026 14:30

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:25

She has also been accused of bullying and traumatising staff.

She is so staggeringly arrogant and stupid, I can believe that. Very unpleasant woman.

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:31

ProudAmberTurtle · 02/05/2026 14:29

I didn't say that but as it happens I would like to see that.

She's got guts - and is just about the only party leader who has unequivocally said from the start that cross-dressing men are not women.

Trump has guts

“she said from the start that cross-dressing men are not women.”

So anybody saying that are good prime minister material!🤣

DugnuttEyeBoogies · 02/05/2026 14:31

RhaenysRocks · 02/05/2026 08:27

Why does a politician need to be exciting.?I want serious grown ups in charge who have a track record of holding down serious, grown up jobs. I want a political party that will make unpopular choices that might fix the economy long-term. A constant merry go.round of leaders and governments weakens the ability of anyone in charge to do anything g other than the popular thing. Im not saying I support Starmer or Labour generally but I wouldn't not vote for them on the basis of 'dull'.

I agree. The antics of Boris should put any sane person off the “wacky, me” side of politics. But the media is now based on 10 second grabby sound bites so serious, thinking, long term politicians don’t get the same treatment.

keepswimming38 · 02/05/2026 14:32

@ProudAmberTurtleso you are going to vote in your local election as a protest vote for Mandelson or Chagos islands. Nothing to do with your local community and what improvements you want to see locally? People are deranged!

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 02/05/2026 14:32

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:26

Is that it?

No, of course not. But it’s bad enough just as a sample. If you want a complete picture just spend a day googling.

EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 14:33

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:31

Trump has guts

“she said from the start that cross-dressing men are not women.”

So anybody saying that are good prime minister material!🤣

Tbf more people loathe Starmer than a few do her on here.

EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 14:34

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 02/05/2026 14:27

I understand this line of thinking, but I live in a Reform-controlled local authority at the moment. The council is shambolic, but it doesn't seem to have dampened anyone's enthusiasm for Reform.

My general observation is that most Reform voters are not educated enough to understand the difference between which issues are managed at a local authority level and which issues are managed by the government in Westminster. And as long as we continue to have Labour in power in Westminster, they won't hold Reform responsible for the total chaos that is occurring at local authority level.

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On ‘not educated enough’ is that just for voters or would you apply the same to leader candidates

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 02/05/2026 14:34

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:25

She has also been accused of bullying and traumatising staff.

The sounds of Labour scraping barrels is getting louder and louder.

TatianasCabbagePie · 02/05/2026 14:35

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:13

How are the incompetent?

Shockingly poor judgement when appointing to high office (Peter Mandelson, Louise Haigh, Tulip Saddiq, Angela Rayner, for example).

Constant U-turns due to ill thought out policies.

Failure to deliver the manifesto that got them elected.

Other things that add to their unfitness to govern (and go against all the pious promises and hair-shirtery we got from Starmer in opposition), such as:

Starmer misleading parliament about Peter Mandelson's appointment and then whipping his MPs to avoid facing an inquiry into his conduct.

Sleazy MPs - like the one that hoped a constituent would die before the GE, because she wasn't going to vote for him, that drunk bloke who beat up a constituent in Frodsham, all the government ministers - including the prime minister - who snuffled greedily in Lord Ali's trough.

Rachel Reeves and that bloke who pretended to be a solicitor, lying on their CVs.

I'm sure their are many other examples, but I'm feeling depressed just thinking about them.

ilovesooty · 02/05/2026 14:37

It appears that the sainted Kemi still has her fans. She might well not even lead her party into the next election anyway.

ProudAmberTurtle · 02/05/2026 14:38

Pianopiece · 02/05/2026 14:31

Trump has guts

“she said from the start that cross-dressing men are not women.”

So anybody saying that are good prime minister material!🤣

In this day and age, yes.

Starmer, Polanski and Davey have all lied that men can become women. I think that automatically makes them unfit to be PM.

Even Farage has been pretty poor on this - he's suggested that men could be housed in women's prisons.

EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 14:38

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 02/05/2026 14:34

The sounds of Labour scraping barrels is getting louder and louder.

It’s the uptick v a ski slope in ratings. Off mn it’s a tough crowd for KS and fans. He’s at heckling stage which can’t be a positive.

Upstartled · 02/05/2026 14:39

EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 14:34

On ‘not educated enough’ is that just for voters or would you apply the same to leader candidates

I wonder if these previously labour held councils had arrived at their success by accident, presuming they were voted in by the same 'too thick to vote' voters who have now turned against them?

Ohjailer · 02/05/2026 14:39

Sartre · 02/05/2026 07:56

I agree with the consensus on Politics Joe to be honest. They will face substantial losses, kick Starmer out and pave the way for Rayner and Burnham to return. I think those two are the exact sort of leaders Labour needs. Starmer is as dull as dishwater.

JFC, Angela Raynor as Labour’s best bet shows how far Labour have sunk.

The racist, idiotic Greens. The hotch potch of inexperienced, barely vetted Reform candidates.

What a shit show our political parties have become.

ProudAmberTurtle · 02/05/2026 14:39

ilovesooty · 02/05/2026 14:37

It appears that the sainted Kemi still has her fans. She might well not even lead her party into the next election anyway.

'Still'.

She's on an ascendancy at the moment

Labour are totally toast in Thursday’s elections
DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 02/05/2026 14:42

ilovesooty · 02/05/2026 14:37

It appears that the sainted Kemi still has her fans. She might well not even lead her party into the next election anyway.

She may not. But it looks as though she’ll outlast Starmer.

Why do you add ‘sainted’? I’ve never seen any greater worship of her by those who’d vote Tory than is posted in praise of Starmer by Labour supporters. Should we all refer to the ‘divine Starmer’ or ‘pious Starmer’ or ‘godly Starmer’ because he has fans on MN?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 02/05/2026 14:43

EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 14:34

On ‘not educated enough’ is that just for voters or would you apply the same to leader candidates

I'm referring to the voters. There is plenty of evidence that backs this up.

ilovesooty · 02/05/2026 14:43

I've seen the Kemi adoration on FWR long before she was party leader.

travellinglighter · 02/05/2026 14:45

To be fair, reform may gain a lot of councils but given their track record of running them. Incompetence, infighting etc. it might focus minds come the next general election. Farage’s millions, his links to trump, admiration for putin and hints of Russian propaganda and cash, would have sunk anyone with a slightly brighter following.