turrhall, on 03 May 2024 - 10:34 PM, said:
As always, maybe if the current iteration of the LP offered the left something (anything!) that they wanted, they'd be more inclined hold their noses and vote for them. Personally, I'm not voting for a party that has moved so far from my own politics that they don't represent me at all on the basis that they aren't the tories.
Good example of this has been today whenever a council has been lost in an area with a higher than average muslim population every labour member or labour-affiliated journalist has been basically saying 'oh well, lotta muslims in this area, that's why we lost' as if muslims are some sort of 5th columnist hindrance to democracy rather than citizens of this country who want to vote for a party that to represent them politically.
Again, we're really not too far apart.
My thoughts on Gaza and the Netanyahu regime are, as repeatedly stated on the appropriate thread, much closer to our Muslim friends than Starmer's.
In fact it appears the party has taken a cynical decision there're more votes to be won by paralleling the government line than standing by traditional supporters.
Irony is though, we're now seeing the same Islamophobes who accused Labour of pandering to certain constituencies (remember the sneers surrounding Starmer's supposedly absent poppy?) gloating over pro Palestinian independents being elected.
The very characters - specifically GeeBeebies presenters - also inferring those councillors will somehow impede grooming investigations.
I understand and accept your differences with the current Labour Party. Legitimate differences based upon a moral standpoint. But surely the priority here is calling out their hypocritical jibes rather than, in appearance at least, echoing them....?
This post has been edited by The Earl of Chesterfield: 04 May 2024 - 07:14 AM