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Labour Meltdown?
The question now is not whether Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party is fit to govern, but whether it is fit to contest an election.
These are truly extraordinary times. I can remember a number of occasions when major political parties simply fell apart – most commonly after a spectacular defeat – but never before in the opening days of a general election campaign.
It is impossible to exaggerate the political significance, not to say the emotional impact, of lifelong Labour stalwarts actually advising their supporters to vote Conservative: to commit, in effect, what would once have been seen as mortal sin.
This is not just a campaign mishap. It is a historic milestone in our national politics. The major Opposition party is no longer functional. The governing party – whatever your view of it – is the only credible one that can be supported.
Janet Daley in today's Telegraph
Is anyone planning to vote Labour & if so, why?
These are truly extraordinary times. I can remember a number of occasions when major political parties simply fell apart – most commonly after a spectacular defeat – but never before in the opening days of a general election campaign.
It is impossible to exaggerate the political significance, not to say the emotional impact, of lifelong Labour stalwarts actually advising their supporters to vote Conservative: to commit, in effect, what would once have been seen as mortal sin.
This is not just a campaign mishap. It is a historic milestone in our national politics. The major Opposition party is no longer functional. The governing party – whatever your view of it – is the only credible one that can be supported.
Janet Daley in today's Telegraph
Is anyone planning to vote Labour & if so, why?
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birdy; "I used to vote Labour. I helped to put Tony Blair in power" - birdy, don't beat yourself up, it's widely accepted that New Labour nicked the Tories clothes and don't really count as a true "Labour" government, though they had thumper as a token lefty. In any case they are far cry from the anti semitic, bullying terrorist loving thugs that you creatively label the Karate party.
Tora, Birdie Jackdaw,
I predict a small gain for Labour, not a meltdown. This is not because I support Labour or want Corbyn as PM, but because I see evidence to support a small gain, and a small lose for the Conservatives.
Labour will not win the election. But the Conservatives won’t get a big majority either. We are headed for an hung parliament again. The Conservatives have had a shaky start to electioneering, you should be more concerned about them under-performing that would result in a SNP/LibDem/Labour coalition.
I predict a small gain for Labour, not a meltdown. This is not because I support Labour or want Corbyn as PM, but because I see evidence to support a small gain, and a small lose for the Conservatives.
Labour will not win the election. But the Conservatives won’t get a big majority either. We are headed for an hung parliament again. The Conservatives have had a shaky start to electioneering, you should be more concerned about them under-performing that would result in a SNP/LibDem/Labour coalition.
