Starmer's vision quest

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I'm just starting to wonder if following the departure of McSweeney, Labour is recalibrating somewhat: they dropped the bit of the AI bill nullifying copyright claims, Reeves is making more positive noises about the EU, and now it seems that they are going to water down the most toxic elements of Mahmood's immigration changes, after the pushback from backbench MPs (over 100) and Rayner's forthright statement. Maybe they've been looking at the post mortem analysis of where their vote evaporated in the recent by-election (and other polling), and it ain't going to Reform, or is likely to.

To early to tell, obvs... but...

Perhaps the positive reaction he has seen to his stance on Iran has given him the courage to take a more prominent role on domestic affairs, rather than delegating it to others (most of whom seem wholly unsuited to the task).

 

[briantrumpet]

I wonder if Labour needs to lose a few more MPs to Reform so it can drop the rabid immigration stuff. Seems like they are holding the party to ransom, thinking that it was pandering to anti-immigrant voters that won Labour the election, rather than just not-being-Tory.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I wonder if Labour needs to lose a few more MPs to Reform so it can drop the rabid immigration stuff. Seems like they are holding the party to ransom, thinking that it was pandering to anti-immigrant voters that won Labour the election, rather than just not-being-Tory.

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Plus (and they really don't seem to comprehend this), Reform voters are going to vote for Reform, not a Labour party spouting anti-immigration rhetoric. They really don't understand the distinction.