Labour party finances look bleak

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www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fcc4cab2-ad3e-11ec-8378-1c1dfedc8742?shareToken=495ceb1f0209153e9fda3096c4bdfeb6

Article in the Times today. Labour are looking for new big money donors to help pull themselves out of a slight financial black hole.

"Labour’s new fundraising drive comes after its ruling national executive committee (NEC) was given a “bleak” financial briefing in July last year, which revealed the party had ended 2020 with an unplanned deficit for the first time since 2006."

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"Party membership has also fallen by more than 100,000 to just over 400,000 since Starmer took office, although insiders say Labour has recorded a “mini-surge” in recent months following the scandal over Boris Johnson’s involvement in lockdown parties."

Lots of comments. Top ones all about the fact that labour can't tell what a woman is.

I believe JK Rowling used to be a big Labour donor.

Oh well.

You reap what you sow deny 50% of the population your going to lose

@OvaHere

I believe JK Rowling used to be a big Labour donor.

Oh well.

Labour are so dumb

Yes that is mentioned in one of the comments. I think she was a donor during the Brown years, not 100% certain on those timings though.

I wonder if anyone at Labour HQ is allowing themselves to connect the dots between their dramatically reduced membership and £, and their slide into identify politics and appeasement of the far left factions of the party / student politics?

I wish they'd give themselves a shake and come back into the centre-left, admit we all know what a woman is, and grow the fuck up. Then I might have someone to vote for again.

Quelle surprise . They have let women down badly. I'll never trust Starmer.

Serves the Labour Party right.

An article from today's Grauniad about the uselessness of Starmer and Labour in general:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/27/keir-starmer-party-opposition-election-labour#comments

Unusually, the Guardian is allowing comments, and there are a couple discussing Labour's inability to define what a woman is and that this might be a problem.

Good. Motherfuckers.

Good

@SNUG2022

Good. Motherfuckers.

Yeah I have to admit this was my initial reaction as well

Its rage inducing.

Just screw your heads on right and they could really do this.

I mean Boris virtually handed it to them on a platter and they wont be able to capitalise.

@Horcruxe

Its rage inducing.

Just screw your heads on right and they could really do this.

I mean Boris virtually handed it to them on a platter and they wont be able to capitalise.

I agree.

I mean Boris virtually handed it to them on a platter and they wont be able to capitalise.

You could say that, or you could say "Keir is handing domination of politics to the Tories on a platter, so they don't have to offer much in order to win."

It's as if each party is daring us to vote for the other side, but so far it's Labour that people are being repelled by the most.

(And really it's not totally Starmer's fault. Labour just can't shake off the ideologues who'd rather be pure than accomplish anything. In fact they probably like it better--the practical details of running the country would get in the way of their lovely theories.)

Labour just can't shake off the ideologues who'd rather be pure than accomplish anything. In fact they probably like it better--the practical details of running the country would get in the way of their lovely theories

yeah, this. Corbyn was their king

these people HATE Blair. He was practical and he was a winner. two things that are anathema to them.

if it wasn't pretending some men are women, they'd find another way to prove how pure and better they are and render themselves unvoteable for. While they hold the whip hand, Labour will never be in power

(I am a labour party member by the way. I firmly believe without 2 strong parties we're fucked and I'm prepared to put my money where my mouth is. can't vote for them of course....)

Labour are repelling me rather than the Tories are appealing to me.
I'm sure there will be lots of reasons for this but their stance on women's rights must have lost them a fair few members

It isnt just the lack of knowing what females are, imagine if Lisa Nandy became Prisons Minister?

No thank you.

Oh no!

… wait, hang on, they don’t give a shit about women. Why should I care?

Since Harold Wilson resigned UK elections have been;

Tory; Tory; Tory; Tory; Blair; Blair; Blair; Tory; Tory; Tory; Tory

You’d think the Labour Party would be able to look at those results and come to a few realisations.
I honestly think a lot of the Labour Party don’t want power - just as Sturgeon doesn’t want Scottish independence - they’d farther be ‘right’ and ‘pure’ than actually do any work governing.

they will probably run to some American trans lobbyist with their cap out and make themselves even more unelectable.

Just had my commenting privileges permanently taken away from me by The Guardian, because I said someone who doesn't know what a woman is shouldn't win an election.

You must believe a baseless ideology, or else.

It could get bleaker, members are taking legal action after the huge data leak news.sky.com/story/labour-party-supporters-details-affected-by-cyber-security-breach-12458935

@Snoozer11

I didn't think I could be more shocked and disgusted at the Guardian than a already am.This is a new low.Lunatics are truly running the asylum.

@Snoozer11

Just had my commenting privileges permanently taken away from me by The Guardian, because I said someone who doesn't know what a woman is shouldn't win an election.

You must believe a baseless ideology, or else.

That just demonstrates the techniques used by supporters of this ideology. It's based on nonsense but enforced by threats and bullying.

@SNUG2022

Good. Motherfuckers.

Ahem, I think you will find that is birth person fuckers. Bigot 😉

Well if Labour are struggling surely the greens are too with a couple of looming litigations.

Ffs, more Tory years ahead :( bar the seemingly positive impact on gender ideology of course.