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It's the now familiar Labour roller-coaster messaging debacle. Hatred and division over the weekend and row back on Monday.
Net result: steady loss of support of those who find the weekend messaging repulsive and demands for more hatred from the never-Labour voters on Monday.
Net result: steady loss of support of those who find the weekend messaging repulsive and demands for more hatred from the never-Labour voters on Monday.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's the now familiar Labour roller-coaster messaging debacle. Hatred and division over the weekend and row back on Monday.
Net result: steady loss of support of those who find the weekend messaging repulsive and demands for more hatred from the never-Labour voters on Monday.
Net result: steady loss of support of those who find the weekend messaging repulsive and demands for more hatred from the never-Labour voters on Monday.
Probably worth a fortune!
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Probably worth a fortune!
Decor from the 50s if you were lucky. Otherwise you had the avocado bathroom suite 😢
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Decor from the 50s if you were lucky. Otherwise you had the avocado bathroom suite 😢
I couldn't possibly say and I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope it all works out well for you both.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I couldn't possibly say and I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope it all works out well for you both.
Unfortunately it only tells things to people who are listening.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Unfortunately it only tells things to people who are listening.
Both good points.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Both good points.
This, this, this and this again.
Having said that, they could do so much better on the Comms.
They need a rottweiler calling out the media every time they publish their "anonymously sourced" sh1t.
Having said that, they could do so much better on the Comms.
They need a rottweiler calling out the media every time they publish their "anonymously sourced" sh1t.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This, this, this and this again.
Having said that, they could do so much better on the Comms.
They need a rottweiler calling out the media every time they publish their "anonymously sourced" sh1t.
Having said that, they could do so much better on the Comms.
They need a rottweiler calling out the media every time they publish their "anonymously sourced" sh1t.
Lots of people seem to very cross that they *aren't* doing some stuff that they promised they wouldn't.
I'm not sure those people were or ever will be Labour voters though.
I'm not sure those people were or ever will be Labour voters though.
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Lots of people seem to very cross that they *aren't* doing some stuff that they promised they wouldn't.
I'm not sure those people were or ever will be Labour voters though.
I'm not sure those people were or ever will be Labour voters though.
I leave out the Gaza stuff, horrific as it is, because I simply don't understand why every govt. in the world has blinkers on wrt Netanyahu and his thugs. It beggars belief.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I leave out the Gaza stuff, horrific as it is, because I simply don't understand why every govt. in the world has blinkers on wrt Netanyahu and his thugs. It beggars belief.
I think mainly they've been terrible at Comms, Optics and Politics.
Areas where they're performing well (green energy, MP appts, renter's rights, worker's rights et al) are swamped with tales of Taylor Swift tickets, stamp duty glitches, 2nd home mix-ups amongst others.
Areas where they're performing well (green energy, MP appts, renter's rights, worker's rights et al) are swamped with tales of Taylor Swift tickets, stamp duty glitches, 2nd home mix-ups amongst others.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I think mainly they've been terrible at Comms, Optics and Politics.
Areas where they're performing well (green energy, MP appts, renter's rights, worker's rights et al) are swamped with tales of Taylor Swift tickets, stamp duty glitches, 2nd home mix-ups amongst others.
Areas where they're performing well (green energy, MP appts, renter's rights, worker's rights et al) are swamped with tales of Taylor Swift tickets, stamp duty glitches, 2nd home mix-ups amongst others.
Sadly it was just a precursor to very bad politics on many fronts. I certainly didn't see that coming at the time.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sadly it was just a precursor to very bad politics on many fronts. I certainly didn't see that coming at the time.
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It was certainly very bizarre politics. They should have know it would cause outrage in the form and manner in which they did it. The whole country could have got behind a change designed to help the poorest pensioners at the expense of the richest and at nil cost to the rest.
It was certainly very bizarre politics. They should have know it would cause outrage in the form and manner in which they did it. The whole country could have got behind a change designed to help the poorest pensioners at the expense of the richest and at nil cost to the rest.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It was certainly very bizarre politics. They should have know it would cause outrage in the form and manner in which they did it. The whole country could have got behind a change designed to help the poorest pensioners at the expense of the richest and at nil cost to the rest.
It was certainly very bizarre politics. They should have know it would cause outrage in the form and manner in which they did it. The whole country could have got behind a change designed to help the poorest pensioners at the expense of the richest and at nil cost to the rest.
And on that subject, it was the electoral system that delivered such a majority, rather than the electorate so plainly a sizeable majority either didn't believe or weren't impressed by Labour's tax promises.
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
And on that subject, it was the electoral system that delivered such a majority, rather than the electorate so plainly a sizeable majority either didn't believe or weren't impressed by Labour's tax promises.
You may be right although personally I think Johnson and Truss made the Tories completely irrelevant, possibly for ever. Which doesn't explain why Labour felt the need to make such ludicrous promises. The Ming Vase strategy showed such lack of ambition that they didn't really deserve such a majority
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You may be right although personally I think Johnson and Truss made the Tories completely irrelevant, possibly for ever. Which doesn't explain why Labour felt the need to make such ludicrous promises. The Ming Vase strategy showed such lack of ambition that they didn't really deserve such a majority
I don't recall they did pledge to scrap the WFA. They scrapped it completely out of the blue (and then partially reinstated it having sustained as much political damage as possible from the debacle)
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I don't recall they did pledge to scrap the WFA. They scrapped it completely out of the blue (and then partially reinstated it having sustained as much political damage as possible from the debacle)
Now you're talking.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Now you're talking.
This point if view is valid in a world in which the Tories are a serious contender at general election time.
They weren't in 2024 and it seems unlikely they will be in 2029
They weren't in 2024 and it seems unlikely they will be in 2029
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This point if view is valid in a world in which the Tories are a serious contender at general election time.
They weren't in 2024 and it seems unlikely they will be in 2029
They weren't in 2024 and it seems unlikely they will be in 2029
Given that Labour are now blaming our anaemic growth and poverty on Brexit and citing it as a reason for breaking pledges, I can think of a much better pledge to break than no tax rises and which polls suggest would actually boost their popularity - remove the ridiculous red lines on SM & CU.
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Given that Labour are now blaming our anaemic growth and poverty on Brexit and citing it as a reason for breaking pledges, I can think of a much better pledge to break than no tax rises and which polls suggest would actually boost their popularity - remove the ridiculous red lines on SM & CU.
Is there any way, in your view, they could have lost that election? I offer as a starting point Sunak coming home from D-Day early but you could probably take your pick.
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Is there any way, in your view, they could have lost that election? I offer as a starting point Sunak coming home from D-Day early but you could probably take your pick.
Habe you polled the election defining promise bit?
I keep reading that a promise of change, or rebuilding trust or repairing public services or just getting the Tories out were also election defining.
I keep reading that a promise of change, or rebuilding trust or repairing public services or just getting the Tories out were also election defining.
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Habe you polled the election defining promise bit?
I keep reading that a promise of change, or rebuilding trust or repairing public services or just getting the Tories out were also election defining.
I keep reading that a promise of change, or rebuilding trust or repairing public services or just getting the Tories out were also election defining.
Here's a really bad one:
He got badly pixellated on at school
He got badly pixellated on at school
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Here's a really bad one:
He got badly pixellated on at school
He got badly pixellated on at school
Not that bad.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Not that bad.