on September 25, 2025, 10:52 am, in reply to "I dont see this new left party and the LP as natural allies. "
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YP would more likely do deals with the Greens and nationalist parties in Wales and Scotland which a re looking to defend public services.
Their very existence underlines the fact that the LP has disappeared down a rabbit hole chasing knuckle dragging Reform supporters.
It's a calamity in a way. But let's face it, the LP has been moving rightwards for years, this isn't an aberration of the Starmer leadership. They are not (as per the OP's description) 'Democratic Socialists'. That's laughable description of the LP. It's a creature of big business as much as the Tories are and Reform are. Previous Message
…..unless the parties to the left of Tory/Reform are prepared to stand down candidates where needed and run on an electoral reform platform.
Which won’t happen as Labour are deluded. Previous MessagePrevious MessagePrevious MessagePrevious Message
Been reading a lot about it recently, which must mean a PR campaign is whirring into action.
I don't think Keir Starmer is doing a terrible job, aside from a miscalculation on winter fuel payments, but the same machine which clicked into gear after Jeremy Corbyn did so well in the 2017 election is clicking into place now and so the very word 'Starmer' has become a source of rage/hilarity in the same way that the word 'Corbyn' did through 2018/19.*
Easy enough for Burnham to slide into parliament via a by-election, and if we must join the Tories on a leadership merry-go-round then at least lets have an Evertonian who does seem to be vaguely intelligent.
*How different would UK Covid death rates have been if a Democratic Socialist Government had been put into power in December 2019 instead of a Tory party of Johnson, Hancock, Rees-Mogg etc?
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