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Labour Would Rather Lose Elections Than Give an Inch to the Left (novaramedia.com)
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Thoughts on these comments from Labour MPs? Source.

One MP [said] if Burnham "acts like a team player he'd be valuable". But they cautioned: "If he's a grandstanding dickhead the melodrama will be a pain in the arse."

Another MP:

the country would never forgive us for doing exactly what the Tories did in changing leaders

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Re: the 2nd quote, I can definitely see it being a problem if Labour can't remind the electorate about Tory chaos (without being accused of hipocracy). Optimistically, Tory chaos rhetoric has two functions: alleviates "buyer's remorse" in people who voted Labour; and it throws more mud at the toxic Tory brand, driving their voters to Reform. If they can deploy it properly then they'll get another majority as the right's vote is split within constituencies, leaving the Labour candidate as the winner under our FPTP system.

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