UK Politics

GhostofCain said:
That is true, although seeing how the right wing press have been frothing at the mouth this week, it seems that Starmer might be steering to the left.
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Starmer's Labour are in a strange and difficult position right now, if they tack to the right they lose voters to the Lib Dems and the Green, if they tack to the left they lose voters to Reform. All the while Starmer himself comes across as a man with few solid positions or convictions because he alternates between trying to court both of these cohorts.

It is hard to think of a time when 'minor' parties (i.e. anyone except the big two) are as prominent as they are now, in the latest polls Reform + Lib Dems + Greens typically account for more than 50% of the vote share whilst Labour + Tories are floating around 40% combined. If this situation continues, parliament will have a very interesting makeup at the next election and whoever is trying to form a stable government will find themselves with a serious headache.
 
Brigantium said:
A Reform/Conservative coalition? :rolleyes:
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What's the current landscape? Is something like that a realistic outcome?

In Germany it is still considered a taboo for our conservatives to form a coalition with out far right party. At least for the moment. I'm afraid this is only a matter of time.
 
I could see the current Conservative leadership going for that, yes. Far more likely than any deal with Labour, ever, and I doubt the Lib Dems would be considered (or want to be considered).

The Conservatives were drifting more and more in that direction anyway post-Brexit, when a lot of moderates either left or were pushed.
 
The Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme is gone, why?

Sorry folks, I don’t mean to stir the pot here but I am hot on this issue. DEFRA just pulls funding in March with no notice? W.T.F?!!

Where was the six weeks notice? Oh, it’s convenient to promise but, to deliver? Not so easy, is it? Well, when the vegans are all Lee Marvin and there’s no asparagus to be had, who’s to blame there?

Look, I’m not British, nor am I a farmer but I have opinions. Get it together Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.

Maybe Treasury will come through with the £5.9Bn we’ve all been talking about.

Fingers crossed. Hopes high, but heart heavy.

Look, this issue may divide this forum but one must stand on principles if not praxis. Sometimes we sacrifice our friendships for our convictions and, for me, this is the line in the sand.
 
In short: no. They might have a couple of wins in the odd constituency and maybe a few council seats, but they'll neither get the s left of centre nor the populist vote.

There's not much interest in old school socialism.
 
I'd really like to see them do well, For all that the media likes to smear him Corbyn seems a decent guy who would actually do things to help people.

Even with the Labour Party stabbing him in the back constantly he managed to get 40% of the vote in 2017. You have to go back to Tony Blair first landslide to get those kind of numbers for Labour. So his ideas are popular. Even in 2019 he got more votes than Keir did. It's just the distribution of the votes and FPTP voting system that didn't help.
 
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