Quote Originally Posted by howdydoo View Post
Thanks for the Latest political party broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party:

Pretending that losing your local council is just a 'clerical error' and definitely not a massive sign pointing to your general election prospects. It is the perfect showcase for a leadership team that has turned 'failing upwards' into a refined art form:


Keir Starmer: The man who prides himself on being 'Mr Rules' is currently spending his time explaining to Parliament how he 'unintentionally' misled them over the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal. It turns out 'full due process' is just lawyer-speak for 'I didn't bother to check if my new US Ambassador failed his security clearance.' If he can?t manage a vetting form, good luck to him with the country.

Rachel Reeves: Our Chancellor, whose 'fiscal rules' seem to involve breaking every promise made to pensioners while delivering the highest tax take in British history. She?s currently trying to sell the public on 'war bonds' to plug an ?18 billion hole in the defence budget?because nothing says 'economic stability' like asking for a loan to keep the lights on.


Angela Rayner: The former Deputy PM who resigned in a tax huff over her property dealings, only to spend her 'time out' undermining her own government's immigration policy as 'un-British.' She?s hovering around the Cabinet like a bad smell, just waiting for Keir to trip over his own briefcase so she can launch her leadership bid.


David Lammy: The Foreign Secretary who describes his strategy as 'Progressive Realism,' which in practice means accidentally endorsing Azerbaijan?s territorial land-grabs on Substack and infighting with the Chancellor over the budget. He?s managed the rare feat of making Boris Johnson?s diplomacy look like the height of Victorian etiquette.


With Labour trailing Reform and the Greens in some polls and facing a loss of 2,000 councillors next week, it?s heartening to see that 'influence' is the one thing this group definitely isn't having on the voters.

I admire your commitment to the cause. It takes a special kind of dedication to look at this total car crash and conclude that local results don't matter?it?s the political equivalent of saying the iceberg didn't matter because the Titanic?s band was still playing a lovely tune."
I am sure that Ulley can speak for himself if he wishes, but as an impartial observer, I must say that I enjoyed the irony of you accusing him of making a party-political broadcast before reciting the talking points from the like of the Telegraph, Express and Daily Mail (all available in the comfort of your own home, courtesy of Twitter).

The Daily Mail. A newspaper that ran 19 front pages on the subject of Raynor?s tax issues whilst those of Nadhim Zahawi and now Tice were deemed to be barely worthy of a mention.

But propaganda aside, I agree with the thrust of your point. It is difficult to see how a Starmer run Labour Party could win the next GE. It is difficult to see what the party really stands for at the moment.

That makes me a bit of a political refugee. The Greens seem a bit bonkers, but I will wait to see what their policies actually are. The super wealthy who used to fund the Tories to keep them that way at the expense of the majority of people have realised that they are a busted flush and so are now backing Reform.

Maybe I am a LibDem after all?

And of course, nobody is willing to talk about the real issue, which is that the country can no longer afford to keep us in the lifestyles that we expect.