Originally Posted by
Tangerine_Miller
Labour have got alot of work to do to reconnect with the electorate locally and nationally.
How can UKIP succeed when we are in the largest cost of living crisis for a generation, this should be Labour bread and butter stuff. Where is the fight? Labour have made nothing but a wimper in fighting the Tory cuts, faceless and anonymous in the town nationally and locally.
I heard nothing from any of the main parties in the run up to polling day, where were the labour activists telling me what my local councillor (who ever he/she is/was) was doing to fight in my?
For too long it seems labour has taken the north for granted, according to a source I found Ukip polled 44% of the vote here in Rotherham, 4% higher than labour. They need to get back to basics and reconnect with the electorate. They need to work damn hard to get alot of ordinary working people back onside.