"From the third runway to Rosebank, the party is rethinking policies, amid the threat of Reform and return of Trump" This is exactly why Labour will lose. They have no ideology. Grow some principles and a spine before it's too late. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... - ThreadSky

harryeccles.bsky.social • 14 days ago

"From the third runway to Rosebank, the party is rethinking policies, amid the threat of Reform and return of Trump"

This is exactly why Labour will lose. They have no ideology.

Grow some principles and a spine before it's too late.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/08/the-farage-effect-why-keir-starmer-is-styling-labour-as-the-disruptors

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terrypasta.bsky.social•14 days ago

Their hatred of Corbyn was partly down to the fact that he had some moral and political principles.

baron-of-navan.bsky.social•13 days ago

100% headles chicken

gemandmoll.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think there were some principles in their manifesto. Ditched.

4017xan.bsky.social•13 days ago

They may have no ideology but they do have rules. They follow rules. Those rules are made by big money and inspired by Reform

4017xan.bsky.social•13 days ago

In no particular order: 3rd runway, “reform” of benefits, deportation posters, “perform of reform” of Brexit, wfa, persecution of peaceful protestors, little local nuclear power plants, killing of Green Bill. Something appealing, something appalling, something for everyone, a comedy everyday!

simona62.bsky.social•13 days ago

Quite. Labour are certainly a party of contradictions.

richmond6.bsky.social•14 days ago

2029 next election and a week is a long time in politics. Having said that, they should shape up soon!

youngkenny.bsky.social•13 days ago

It's like a football team coach putting all his players on the right flank and forgetting the centre and left matter. Wide open to a loss.

faustajj.bsky.social•12 days ago

We have had 14 years of ideology that has left us in the mire. Ideologues do not have the monopoly on principles just on specific inflexible variants of them.

birdswing.bsky.social•12 days ago

Good thing labour are continuing with the Tories demonizing immigrants, those on benefits, impoverishing children, loosening their nondom rules for the rich, keeping brexit and on and on. We are still being led by Tory ideologues

faustajj.bsky.social•12 days ago

That's a view obviously, it seems to me that government is confronted with a number of quite complex problems that they are seeking to resolve. Their critics are constantly seeking to simplify the issues and define them in terms of their own ideologies with the luxury of not having to do anything.

birdswing.bsky.social•12 days ago

So problems created by right policies are solved by moving ever rightward? Sensible

faustajj.bsky.social•12 days ago

I don't accept the premiss of your statement. The government is not moving to the right, but from your perspective, "demonizing immigrants, those on benefits, impoverishing children, loosening their nondom rules for the rich, keeping brexit and on and on." is what you think is happening.

birdswing.bsky.social•12 days ago

Perfectly fine to do so, can I ask on issues where you beliee the Labour Party are not moving to the right?

faustajj.bsky.social•12 days ago

Each of these categories have been defined by you through your "ideological" interpretation and many have them have not been resolved as finished legislation or are based on ambiguous interpretation of what the government says it is doing.

jakkb77.bsky.social•13 days ago

It's depressing Harry and I don't see Labour improving anything as it stands?? This policy of trying to "please all of the people all of the time"will fail imo ? They need to do better!

petercom.bsky.social•13 days ago

They’ve stolen their ideology from the tories. Not a socialist bone in their bodies

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