“Il nostro stesso popolo ci odia”: verifica della realtà per i laburisti quando la maggioranza di 13.000 voti svanisce | Elezioni suppletive
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/greens-gorton-denton-win-wake-up-call-labour-needed-to-hear
di kwentongskyblue
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> 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.
They didn’t have a majority because people loved them.
They had a majority because people were sick of the Tories.
Surely they must know this?
>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.
I’m actually curious what would the Greens or Reform do that Labour isn’t? In government, I mean. Which is a totally different game to campaigning, which Farage and Zack are more effective at.
Can’t believe I need to say this, but rallying a crowd requires a different skillset than running a country.
That may be partly why Starmer seems less inspiring, but it doesn’t mean nothing is happening.