Writing, music, creativity, science, books, queerness (of a bi variety), non-school education, etc. Based in # Nottingham , England. Songs: @ SingleBass Tiny book reviews: @ booktrail Badges: @ IdentityBadges Learning # CleanLanguage / # SystemicModelling . In favour of: covid carefulness, renewable energy, right to repair, alt text. Sceptical of: AI hype. It's not "intelligent".
Writing, music, creativity, science, books, queerness (of a bi variety), non-school education, etc. Based in # Nottingham , England. Songs: @ SingleBass Tiny book reviews: @ booktrail Badges: @ IdentityBadges Learning # CleanLanguage / # SystemicModelling . In favour of: covid carefulness, renewable energy, right to repair, alt text. Sceptical of: AI hype. It's not "intelligent".
"Starmer and his team knew that these policies and the rhetoric that accompanied them – remember his “island of strangers” speech – would alienate many of Labour’s traditional voters. But he made a calculation that it wouldn’t matter, because those voters had nowhere else to go. In 2023, Starmer said “if you don’t like the changes we have made … you can leave”, and it’s fair to say people have really taken him up on the offer."
- Zack Polanski in the Guardian
That's pretty much how I see it too. Labour took our votes for granted and now they're at the "find out" stage.
Hoping the swing continues, because getting stuck half-way would be a gift to Reform.
Would be nice to see a few more L-to-Green transitions from MPs, candidates and councillors at some point, as well. I'm sure a few of them must have been giving it consideration, looking at how Labour's "austerity" policies have drifted from its roots over the years, and how much the Greens are now the ones speaking up about work/money fairness. (let alone all the other stuff.)