...is heading for a Corbyn style kick up the arris at the polls if TV reports are to be believed. 
Looks like Starmer...
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Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He doesn't want to move to the left, and can't move to the right as Boris is already there.
He will also not be forgotten for being a staunch remainer in a country that is becoming more and more pro brexit.
He will also not be forgotten for being a staunch remainer in a country that is becoming more and more pro brexit.
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When he was elected I was quite pleased as I had the impression the country had gained an effective leader of the opposition, as I believe many did - that lasted until a few weeks into Lockdown No. 1 when he started on about an exit plan before the country had really seen how effective it was. That showed bojo up as an appeaser when he tried to keep everyone happy rather than keeping that lockdown in place a little longer.
Since then he comes across as an effective lawyer rather than a leader of a country. In fact when he did the PPB talking about NHS workers I thought - what a w****r - message sensible, delivery off putting and weak; at the wrong time and place in time.
Since then he comes across as an effective lawyer rather than a leader of a country. In fact when he did the PPB talking about NHS workers I thought - what a w****r - message sensible, delivery off putting and weak; at the wrong time and place in time.
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Its a bit more complex than that. Looking at the split - it's still the same the pro and anti EU vote.
A pollster pointed out the following.
"Current Tory hegemony in England is driven by paradox that Remainy Wessex is economically more right wing than socially liberal, but huge swathes of Midlands / North are more socially Conservative than they are economically left. That’s why Darlington is blue & Windsor isn’t red"
So these "Red Wall" seats are culturally more conservative - immigration, crime, ranks high but economically they prefer nationalism of utilities etc
Wessex is economically more right wing and smaller Government but socially more liberal.
Also factor in this current Government has shifted left in its economic policies - we still have over 4m people on furlough and that reckoning will have an impact in the coming months.
The current Government has blasted through a 2 trillion in national debt. The same people who were crying about the previous labour Government running out of money are oddly quiet. The media does shape the narrative.
So the current party can shift left in economic policy but is not called out on it.
Waffle waffle waffle waffle..... spoken like a true labour follower.
I think what you meant to say was “yer, it does look like he’s going to get a kicking at the polls”.
I think what you meant to say was “yer, it does look like he’s going to get a kicking at the polls”.
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Waffle waffle waffle waffle..... spoken like a true labour follower.
Unfortunately for you that comment was by a Tory pollster who coined the term "red wall".
Child like.
is that you, Boris?
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Putting a staunch remainer as Labour candidate in Hartlepool just goes to show how out of touch Starmer is. There were 5000+ ex Brexit supporter votes up for grabs. Labour are still sitting on the Brexit fence
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Putting a staunch remainer as Labour candidate in Hartlepool just goes to show how out of touch Starmer is. There were 5000+ ex Brexit supporter votes up for grabs. Labour are still sitting on the Brexit fence
The Tories would have won Hartlepool in the last election if it wasn't for Richard Tice splitting the Tory vote.
This time round.
21% of the electorate voted Conservative with a low turnout, 60% didn't actually vote.
In a place where 25% of the electorate are over-65.
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None of this addresses the current issues
The creaking infrastructure, the ballooning class sizes, poor productivity, flatlining social mobility, the backlog in the criminal justice system, looming social care crisis, and the housing shortage.
I don't get. After a decade what has actually been addressed? To stick it to the woke lefties in London?
The creaking infrastructure, the ballooning class sizes, poor productivity, flatlining social mobility, the backlog in the criminal justice system, looming social care crisis, and the housing shortage.
I don't get. After a decade what has actually been addressed? To stick it to the woke lefties in London?
As the result will make no difference to the country, perhaps that in itself is a worthwhile aim.
Over 65s is under 20% of electorate in Hartlepool 1% above UK average,hardly an acceptable excuse for Labour being pummeled is it.
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