Cuttooth wrote:Grumpy David wrote:Cuttooth wrote:Enabling ghouls like Streeting will forever be the worst political mistake of my life.
Are you normally a Labour voter (or a Labour Party member that voted for Starmer / live in Streeting's constituency) but no longer planning to vote Labour in the next GE?
I voted for Starmer in the leadership election based on a campaign of unity and ten pledges that align with what I want a Labour government to be built on, which he started dropping within the first year of his leadership.
I think I've been pretty transparent over the last two to three years in these threads that I won't be voting for Labour in any election given they have made it clear they no longer want or need my vote and don't intend to implement any of those pledges. And that's fine, they can go after the support of Farage fans and bigots all they like but I'm quite happy to not be a part of that.
I couldn't remember if you were a member (and also voted for Starmer) but I can see why you'd have buyer's remorse given the pledges. I suppose the argument from Starmer's side would be what good is ideological purity if you can't get into Number 10?
Would you just not bother to vote now?
I don't think Starmer's gone after Farage fans or bigots, he's got Labour to a place where polling shows him at 40%+ of the electorate meanwhile Reform's growth to 15%-ish seems to have largely come from the decline of the Tory share of the vote.
Tomous wrote:Police investigate Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner
I'm beginning to think this story is similar to Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne and his speeding ticket (his wife claimed to be driving the car). That story remained in the news cycle for months and eventually resulted in a prison sentence for them both.
"It's not the lie that gets you, it's the cover-up".
It does seem like Rayner has either failed to pay Capital Gains Tax or broke electoral law. I also don't see the reason for not publishing the tax advice she received a few weeks ago as that would clear her name and kill the story.