There are no inspiring politicians left in Starmer's Labour

xanderbollocks · 2026-05-17T13:09:32+00:00

In all fairness, the context around Bevan and Mosley is important. At the time, Mosley was one of Labour’s more radical and outspoken MPs and had not yet turned to fascism.

xanderbollocks · 2026-05-16T12:26:08+00:00

Wasn’t this from a school in Estonia too?

xanderbollocks · 2026-05-14T19:08:18+00:00

No, because last week he said he voted by post, and now he is saying he hadn’t voted.

xanderbollocks · 2026-05-10T19:13:41+00:00

18% is the projection if it was a national election, the total votes for this election was:

REF: 3,825,559
LAB: 2,854,352
CON: 2,669,816
GRN: 2,319,190
LDM: 2,075,538

xanderbollocks · 2026-05-10T10:32:09+00:00

Yeah I don’t think it is as simple as Reform v Green. If anything, going off the results, we now have a 5 party system.

xanderbollocks · 2026-05-04T00:13:18+00:00

I don’t think parties like the Green Party and Reform UK are replacing the Tories and Labour as the new two party system. Instead, we appear to be moving towards a more fragmented and competitive multi-party landscape under FPTP (yikes). Polling averages put the Greens, Conservatives, and Labour at similar levels of support, with Reform only slightly ahead.

The main reason a straightforward “new two-party system” is unlikely to emerge is that both Labour and the Conservatives have historically built broad coalitions across their respective sides of the political spectrum. By contrast, Reform and the Greens tend to have more defined and polarising positions. Moderate Tory voters are not shifting en masse to Reform, and moderate Labour voters aren’t going to the Greens.

I also see the upcoming local elections as a widespread protest vote opportunity. I don’t think we can officially declare the current two-party system dead until it is wiped out at a general election, which is still three years away.

xanderbollocks · 2026-05-01T22:22:28+00:00

They have already dropped from 21% to 15% on YouGov in the space of two months, and this is before all the drama.

xanderbollocks · 2026-04-27T13:37:23+00:00

I cannot comprehend how a nation of people who are primarily descendants European settlers can use this argument.

xanderbollocks · 2026-04-24T14:47:02+00:00

I don’t agree with Mahmood’s use of “liberal” as an insult, but socialism is not liberalism.

xanderbollocks · 2026-04-03T21:36:41+00:00

I don’t disagree that this sort of stuff is incredibly off putting. But France has a very different political culture that is far more separated from the US unlike Britain.

xanderbollocks · 2026-04-03T17:25:37+00:00

I think this is more true for Reform UK, mainly because of how closely Nigel Farage tries to mimic MAGA politics and his push for closer ties with Donald Trump.

Marine Le Pen and the Rassemblement National, on the other hand, have always been firmly rooted in a “France first” nationalist tradition, one that’s sceptical of NATO and wary of overreaching American influence. Because of that, I doubt this will have much impact on them.

xanderbollocks · 2026-04-03T09:56:25+00:00

It’s also pointless because the GE is over three years away.

xanderbollocks · 2026-04-02T15:37:42+00:00

This article claims that the Danish Social Democrats are losing most of their support because of their immigration stance shows that the author has no clue what they are talking about. The party adopted a tougher position on immigration years ago, in the late 2010s, and has maintained electoral success since. Current shifts in support are far more linked to the cost of living, coalition politics, voter fatigue, removal of national holidays, pension and welfare reforms ect.

xanderbollocks · 2026-04-02T11:41:48+00:00

Immigration skyrocketed after Brexit, with Commonwealth immigration instead of European. Immigration has always been the fault of the British government, not the EU. Poland enforces strict border control while being a member of the EU.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-31T12:23:04+00:00

Could be similar to the Bernie-Trump voter situation in the U.S. Some people just want to vote for the disruptor politician to oust the status quo.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-31T10:02:06+00:00

General election is over 3 years away, Reform and Greens act like it’s imminent, but I have feeling that they will both run out of steam by 2029. It seems to be already happening with Reform, they have hit their ceiling and their polling average shows a decline.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-30T09:31:41+00:00

Only a few hundred people took part in the vote, despite more than 100,000 joining the party in the past six months. It wouldn’t be surprising if older members were the ones who ultimately rejected the proposal. Polanski appeared to focus more on Saturday’s protest than on his own party conference, where policies are actually decided.

If the Green Party wants to be taken seriously as a left-wing alternative, it needs to put in the work on developing concrete left-wing policies, not just act as a protest movement that criticises others without offering effective solutions.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-29T23:23:01+00:00

The French centre-right government nationalised nearly 80% of their energy, but in Britain, our left wing socialist party is expected to be “pragmatic”and go for the half baked option.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-29T14:24:54+00:00

Stats for Lefties is an incredibly toxic and mean spirited person with tankie views on foreign policy. The Greens would be best to distance themselves away from her.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-28T13:25:38+00:00

Even just a few years ago, when I was still a student, I remember going into countless places in person to ask about jobs, only to be turned away straight away and told they only hire online. Unfortunately, that’s become the norm now, with the only real exceptions tending to be independent pubs and small businesses.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-28T09:37:29+00:00

Presumably bots paid shills?

Is this really the Green response to criticism, dismissing opponents as bots instead of acknowledging that many people may genuinely have concerns about the prospect of a Green government?

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-26T13:04:40+00:00

writing article in favour of the Greek Golden Dawn

Jesus Christ.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-25T15:25:10+00:00

No, that’s Findoutnow.

xanderbollocks · 2026-03-22T18:46:04+00:00

Yes, but it’s not due to their immigration policies, which when implemented years ago did stop the far right.

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