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Suze's avatar

I believe Starmer is making a huge mistake by following the hostile environment of the Tories’ making. People might care about immigration but we care more about getting a GP appointment, our bin collections, health and social care and robust public services. My case in point is that I sent off the application for renewal of my PIP in August last year. I phoned the DWP to ask how it was progressing as I hadn’t heard anything from them in six months. The chap I spoke to was very friendly and polite but he informed me that my application hadn’t even been looked at yet. On Monday I received a letter saying that due to the delay, my PIP has been automatically extended for a year. I mean, I’m not going to argue with that but the machines of government are not working and this is more likely to push voters towards Reform because neither Labour nor Conservatives are delivering what people so desperately need.

Also, having just watched a few minutes of PMQs, it is chilling how badly people are being treated. My soon-to-be daughter in law came here via the Ukraine scheme and has made a life here with my son. She works so hard and pays her taxes. If everyone coming to this country could work, we’d all be better off. I was also horrified at the film of people being deported. Haven’t we had enough of performative cruelty?

Lovely photo of your Grandad, Adam. I’m glad he made it here and was welcomed.

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There was a study done recently by Chris Hanretty at the Royal Holloway University that showed Keir Starmer is further to the right than almost all his Labour MPs scoring 48. Ed Davey of the Lib Dem’s scored 37. Left being lower. Reform and Suella Braverman scored 95.

In the past if an MP’s political convictions changed they’d defect to another party. Not now. Instead, he’s purged the left and is now trying to appeal to Tory voters AND using Reform tactics.

I voted Remain I voted tactically I tried to make excuses for Starmer because HOPE but that’s it. I’m a natural Left Winger.

I think his strategy is, the Left hate Tories ( after the last 14 years who can blame them) so they won’t vote for Reform or Tories so he’s now ignoring the entire left and is pitching his camp in Reform territory as they’re ahead of us now. No matter about the policies, ethical considerations, values. This will backfire. All the political parties with the exceptions of the Greens and LibDems are now lurching to the right. It’s very bad for democracy. Starmer is simply not behaving like a centrist and definitely not a Left wing party. And it’s absolute nonsense to suggest that if anyone can’t stand his politics now it’s because they’re hard-left. He’s not centre-left he’s centre-right or Blue Labour and that’s being generous. Labour can and should be a broad church. I can’t even call KS a progressive Tory now. Especially not after the AI summit. I live in what is now a LibDem seat now previously Tory. I will definitely vote LibDem. Especially now they’re one of the most left-wing parties on offer!

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