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So far... just from what has reached the press, I am firmly unimpressed.
That I was donating to the Lib Dems, Green, and a couple of indepedents only a few weeks ago, as a lifelong Labour voter, shows that I'm very disillusioned in a soft-Tory version of Labour.
You're prepared for the disappointment. Anyone who isn't, take a look at Labor under Albanese.
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Labour seem to be running an unopinionated soft-Tory line... so desperate to get in power that they're afraid of offending the vast majority of possible voters.
I would love to see 50 year vision plans, really strong lines on education, health, social mobility.
They knew an election was coming this year, and knew it could come as early as May... readiness is no excuse for such a weakly opinioned start.
I know I cannot expect Labour to actually be a party of the left, or to do as the French and make long-term plans to bring trade and wealth to all, or to face the elephant in the room of how screwed up Brexit has been... but I don't even see them calling out the Tories on the Cass report, facing the crisis in higher education, working to provide better trade conditions for business... or anything really.
I mean sheesh... with so much invested in HS2 and that being half-hearted now due to the Tories... reverse that shit and get it back on track, as Tokyo proved a long time ago that economic activity relates to the capture area of a 1-2 hour commute, and if you can expand the economic zone to include a lot of the Midlands and a little of the North, then that's a huge deal.
So far... just from what has reached the press, I am firmly unimpressed.
That I was donating to the Lib Dems, Green, and a couple of indepedents only a few weeks ago, as a lifelong Labour voter, shows that I'm very disillusioned in a soft-Tory version of Labour.