“Il nostro stesso popolo ci odia”: verifica della realtà per i laburisti quando la maggioranza di 13.000 voti svanisce | Elezioni suppletive

> Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary, sent a note to No 10 at the end of January saying it was “clearly a two-horse race” with Reform UK, and only 3% of voters were saying they would stick with the Greens.

>Later in the contest, cabinet ministers were dispatched to tell journalists things were “looking good” with the data and it was Labour’s biggest ever “get out the vote” operation to ensure victory.

>This misplaced optimism…

‘Misplaced optimism’ is a polite way to describe outright lies to manipulate voters.

Funny how Labour are choosing to call the Greens extremists when Reform are right there spouting crazy stuff. Labour should be closer to the Greens on the political spectrum… should be.

>Our own people

Tells you all you need to know about Labour taking some voters for granted, really. They’re not “your people”, they’re just people; they’ll vote for you if you’re closest to their positions and they won’t if you aren’t.