The issue is really they’ve abandoned any kind of objective standard as to what constitutes a “liability”. Seems like the Label only applies to POC and Muslims who voice protests against what happening in Gaza
Is Luke Akehurst a liability? Has some dubious activity on X. His parachuting into a safe northern seat seems contrary to the values of the party.
KS better hope the conflict in Gaza has reached some kind of resolution by July 5th or else it will be an early test of authority in Parliament. A ceasefire motion with clear unambiguous language about IDF conduct will be on the table early, you can be sure Akehurst won’t be voting for it
I would completely agree that any political leader should deal with any liabilities, regardless of where they are on the political spectrum, otherwise they end up being damaged as a result of their inaction.
If the polls are to be believed and Labour get a large majority, history has shown that Governments with larger majorities can be more difficult to control so it would be interesting to see what happens.
Sky’s projection is a hung parliament, not a Labour majority. One of many undesirable outcomes. The Liberal Democrats aren’t holding anyone to account in a coalition.
All the polls seems to suggest a Labour majority, but that said I haven’t seen a report which translates the polls into number of seats.
Just seen your updated post…I don’t think you can directly translate the local election results to the general election. The result of interest was the by-election and the swing that Labour achieved in that result.
That said, I think the polls will narrow and it is likely that Labour could be the largest party but short of an overall majority. They require a record breaking swing at the election to secure a majority, so the odds are stacked against them, but the polls atm indicate that Labour have a big lead still.
Labour need a record breaking swing to achieve a majority at the election. In normal circumstances you wouldn’t expect to see the sort of shift in number of seats that Labour require. The fact that the polls indicate that could be achieved is pretty incredible from a historical perspective.
If Labour don’t achieve an overall majority, I don’t think that is a reflection on Labour or the Conservatives, but more of a reality check in how our electoral system works.
Yeah I agree. I think it’s fair though to assume this isn’t a foregone conclusion as a contest. It’s likely there will be a narrowing of the polls during the campaign and Labour do need an almighty swing from 2019 to get a majority.
If he said anything to the contrary of what he did, the snowflakes would have him hung, dry and quartered.
We can’t even agree on what a woman and a man is in this country so of course statements that go against the very fabric of biology have become commonplace.