Will Labour ever be a Government again ?

[saptastic]

Boundary review: Corbyn and Osborne's seats face axe - BBC News

Boundary Changes - Another nail in the coffin?
Even if they dont break up as a party when JC is re-elected, can they ever get into power again?
Especially if Scotland stays SNP or break away.
Labour had 160-seat majority in 2001!

[DimPrawn]

Will Labour ever be a Government again ?

I ******* hope not.

[LondonManc]

There's a chance of a Labour/SNP coalition but that's about it.

Labour also need to sort out where they position themselves. A lot of members clearly like Corbyn's more left positioning rather than the Blairite just left of centre but more populist approach. The rise of UKIP has also harmed their chances with white van man given another option.

[DimPrawn]

Even "white van" man isn't stupid enough to vote for EU loving, immigrant loving Labour.

[scooterscot]

The UK would only be united in name if they never regain power.

Beyond that, why would we ever want two parties with similar ratings? Does that not only suggest there's little difference between them?

[LondonManc]

The UK would only be united in name if they never regain power.

Beyond that, why would we ever want two parties with similar ratings? Does that not only suggest there's little difference between them?

Which is what has happened with the race to the centre for the left. Back in the days of the late John Smith, Labour were a socialist party. Under Blair/New Labour, they moved to a populist standpoint and pandered to voters rather than having principles that they believed in. Corbyn is a hark back to the old Labour days, appealing to idealistic graduates who don't remember the crappy days of Labour governments in the 70s.

New Labour are too similar to a more liberal Tory government. If there were such a scale of 0-100% of traditional values for both parties, both at 50% would see us better off. That said, whoever's in power only needs to be better than the opposition; that is, without a strong opposition, we won't have a good government. Blair got away with it for years because the Tories had imploded in the mid to late 90s and CMD saw Labour floundering. Theresa May has every chance of being a good prime minister and the sooner Labour sort themselves out, the better off we'll all be.

[GB9]

Boundary review: Corbyn and Osborne's seats face axe - BBC News

Boundary Changes - Another nail in the coffin?
Even if they dont break up as a party when JC is re-elected, can they ever get into power again?
Especially if Scotland stays SNP or break away.
Labour had 160-seat majority in 2001!

If you look at their majority then and percentage of the votes and then compare with the 2010 and 2015 elections you can see why the boundaries need sorting.

[fullyautomatix]

A majority Labour government with Corbyn as PM is an absolute certainty. Every where else in the world, the voters are making their feelings known. Lets face it, capitalism isnt working. The poor in this country have no chance. We need to bring socialism back in this country and in a big way. Only the rich have to pay taxes and the poor should not. Only Corbyn has the strength and conviction to make this happen.

[DimPrawn]

A majority Labour government with Corbyn as PM is an absolute certainty. Every where else in the world, the voters are making their feelings known. Lets face it, capitalism isnt working. The poor in this country have no chance. We need to bring socialism back in this country and in a big way. Only the rich have to pay taxes and the poor should not. Only Corbyn has the strength and conviction to make this happen.

Comedy gold comrade.

[SueEllen]

A majority Labour government with Corbyn as PM is an absolute certainty. Every where else in the world, the voters are making their feelings known. Lets face it, capitalism isnt working. The poor in this country have no chance. We need to bring socialism back in this country and in a big way. Only the rich have to pay taxes and the poor should not. Only Corbyn has the strength and conviction to make this happen.

Corbyn is bloody old.

Old man old ideas.