Labour Lost

[the_gardener]

Again. And not unexpectedly, given that its policies were so similar to those of the coalition government and that its leader seemed to spend his first four years hoping for something to turn up rather than doing anything to make it so. But amid all the pontificating on the reasons for its defeat, one thing is for sure: rushing into another

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[swisstone]

I think the Tory narrative is going to be "people recognised that Labour policies are not in favour of working families".

[the_gardener]

-- which would be a quite stupendous piece of political misdirection! But one that the right-wing press will happily endorse, failing to acknowledge that (according to Aditya Chakraborty in today's Guardian) 38% of "hard-working families" are receiving tax credits or other state assistance because their employers do not pay them a living wage. FTR, that's an increase from 28% in 1979, attributable to Conservative policies which manifestly do not favour working people -- the same people who are about to get hammered all over again in Osborne's forthcoming emergency budget (only necessary because of the £90billion deficit he left himself). Will what's left of the Labour party try to make something of this? I am not holding my breath.