“Wide But Thin Mandate”: Why U.K. Labour Party’s Landslide Is on Shaky Ground
“Wide But Thin Mandate”: Why U.K. Labour Party’s Landslide Is on Shaky Ground
Labour’s landslide victory in Thursday’s U.K. election gives the party a “wide but thin” mandate, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik, who says the new government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer has to work hard to solidify its gains “if it’s not going to be a temporary win.” She also discusses her...
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Typical center left shit. "Oh geez, oh God, we only have everything we need to do what our voters want us to do, but what if now isn't the perfect time? Has someone consulted a star chart? Has anyone chaired eight sub committees on what to name our effort? What if we do that and it makes the people who voted for us mad? Or worse, what if it makes the people who didn't vote for us mad? Egads, fetch my inhaler"
Hey don’t forget about them being more concerned with corporate interests over citizens.
This honestly reeks of the Billionaire class that owns the media pushing to weaken any potential political will for strong, left-wing policies.
The grain of truth behind this lie though, is that Labour didn’t really seem to win many new voters but rather benefited from Con voters splitting their preferences amongst multiple smaller parties.
That's interesting. I was under the impression that fifteen years of bad Tory policy, the consequences thereof, and nobody else to blame it on basically led voters to turn their backs on the Tories. It sounds like maybe that is the case, but conservative voters just traded the Tories for the Tories wearing a mustache or three Tories in a trenchcoat?
Yeah this is basically what happened, the vote share for labour was very low, below 40 (don't recall the exact number)
Labour aren’t close to centre left, they’re right wing, just not as far right as the conservative party. Take a look at their manifesto, it’s all right wing stuff.