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The Official DOOM: Labour

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    The Official DOOM: Labour

    Gloomy Labour Loses Hope as Boris Johnson Upends U.K. Politics

    Senior figures in Keir Starmer’s U.K. opposition Labour Party already see little hope of winning back power in the next general election as many as three years away.

    One Labour official privately gave the party “zero” chance of beating Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives, while a member of Starmer’s top team in Parliament gloomily called it an “uphill battle.” They and others spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.

    The problem Labour officials see is the near-impossible task of competing with Johnson, a man who has upended the rules of normal politics.“

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...&sref=o1Dqf087


    #2
    They need someone who is more Biden.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
      They need someone who is more Biden.
      If it hadn't been for Covid, I'm sure Trump would have got re-elected. In fact, aides told him back in January or February of last year that the pandemic was the only threat to his 2nd term. Fortunately for Biden, Trump didn't listen and instead tried to downplay the virus and then completely mishandled things.

      The Tories didn't handle it brilliantly either but they were nowhere near as bad as the Trump administration. And the excellent vaccine roll-out has made up for some of the earlier shortcomings.

      Barring unforeseen events, Labour only stands a chance of getting into power when the country has become thoroughly sick of Johnson and the Tories (like at the end of the Thatcher/Major years).

      I don't believe changing the Labour leader would make much difference.
      Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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        #4
        Ah, the "thirteen years of Tory misrule" efffect.

        I remember that.

        From 1964.
        When the fun stops, STOP.

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          #5
          Labour should bring back Tony Blair

          He never lost a general election when he was leader

          Come 2029 he will have been the only general election winner for Labour in the last 50 years
          Last edited by Fraidycat; 30 June 2021, 12:25.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
            Labour should bring back Tony Blair

            He never lost a general election when he was leader

            Come 2029 he will have been the only the General Election Winner in the last 50 years
            Starmer is starting to employ some of his henchmen...
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              #7
              Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
              Come 2029 he will have been the only general election winner for Labour in the last 50 years
              Actually by 2029 it will be 55 years, the last time a Labour leader other than Tonly Blair won a general election was in 1974.

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                #8
                Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

                Starmer is starting to employ some of his henchmen...
                If he's looking further afield, Cummings might be available.

                Alastair Campbell was a key player in Blair's victories.

                Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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                  #9
                  2029 will be great year for Bliar to be in - war with nuclear Iran is immiment, lead by Bliar and Trump (who will have extended his 2nd term due to Iran cowardly blowing up nukes in Democratic coastal states)

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                    They need someone who is more Biden.
                    well Abbot seems to be losing her mind...
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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