Not just council elections - Scotland and Wales too. Losing Wales will be disastrous for him.

I always felt last year that Keir Starmer’s Labour were just David Cameron‘s Tories in disguise. I was not wrong but am surprised at just how right wing they have become. I can’t see him being PM for much longer but hope he stays until after Scottish elections.

My greatest disappointment with Starmer is the continuation of this same old game. Half-arsed policy with focus on electoral dynamics over effectiveness. Underlying situation gets worse. Then you complain the border is out of control, when in fact it is your policymaking which has failed.

This is the cycle that fuels populist. It perpetuate policy failure while encouraging a narrative of scapegoating. The prime minister came to power promising to address it. Instead he now supports it.

This is obviously not a comprehensive list and no doubt some people here will know many of the answers. But at the moment it feels like we are being fed folk tales in the place of facts.

Prime Minister says he has a "devastatingly simple" argument: changing the rules will have a stronger deterrent effect

Clear evidence this 'devastastingly simple' argument is simplistic + wrong: why didn't these same two-tier rules (+ even banning all asylum claims in 2023) stop the boats?

"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
www.gov.uk/government/s...

It‘s something people can use to measure progress against and shows a desire to reduce poverty. And the policy is making a difference.
www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

If this really is what is being proposed, I think adding the jewellery confiscation policy + the 20 year policy could kick off the kind of PLP revolt that (without rapid u-turn) could entirely destabilise a struggling government that risks falling over on every front
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3734007...

They also have legally binding targets In the 2017 act.

SNP/Scottish govt do although not hitting targets “Scotland's poverty reduction strategy is multi-faceted, focusing on reducing child poverty through the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017. Key initiatives include direct financial support with Scottish Child Payment, free school meals +bus travel.“