It makes a bit more sense for Dems in the US to seek votes from Republicans, but it makes no sense in the UK to win a landslide, see a split opposition on the right and decide that's the territory to fight for.
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It's not tactical. This is just who people like McSweeney *are*.
aug 27, 2025, 10:59 am • 1 0 • view
"Blue Labour" unfortunately are running Labour and they are deeply conservative.
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Labour have always been a coalition of people united only by the common aim of framing popular, sensible ideas so badly they'll lose to the Tories.
aug 27, 2025, 12:11 pm • 1 0 • view
To use a football analogy, the score was Labour 398, Reform 5 at the end of the first leg, with three-quarters of the second leg match to play, and Labour can't really lose, but are still playing in a way that makes it possible.
aug 27, 2025, 1:25 pm • 2 0 • view
Say what you like about David Cameron, who had sex with a dead pig and destroyed the country, but he somehow managed to operate as a government even though he didn't have a majority. Labour have the sort of majority that can bend the course of mighty rivers, yet ...
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