Love Labour's lost

It has been a year since the Labour Party swept into power, turfing the Conservatives into opposition.

But there has to be more than "not being the Conservatives", when in power. And it seems the so called "Blue Labour" seems to be driving policy: getting more sick and disabled people back to work, cutting benefits, passing more illiberal laws. Generally not making the country a better place.

It took a full scale back bench rebellion to get the Government to u-turn on the worse parts of cutting PIP payments to the disabled, but these still will be used against new claimants.

The Police now seem to think that using the words "Action" and "Palestine" in a sign is enough to get the holder arrested for supporting a procrivbed organisation, and yet holding sign supporting Isreali genocide would be fine.

strange times we are living in.

There is also the immigration policies, Starmers Island of Stangers speech (for which he has appologies for). Aping Nigel's policies to stop him getting into power, forced the Tories to the right, and didn't work. Its not going to work for Labour either.

If Labour loses support from its core, and it won't win over Farage supporters either, then who is going to vote for them? And will probably let Nigel in.

Currently, Labour are little better than the previous Government, and I can't honestly bring myself to vote for them in the next election. Although that is four years time, and a lot can change before then.