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I'm a Labour voter. I have an excellent, female, Labour MP but... what Starmer is doing now is destroying what the Labour Party should be standing for - decency, support, care, humanity.
My parents voted Labour all their lives. their lives were improved by Labour policies (I think in particular of the creation of the NHS) and they taught me what being a Labour supporter meant - but they would not recognise what Labour has become.
I urge Keir Starmer, and those in Parliament who seem to want to support him, to think again. Yes, I know that Labour is still clearing up the almighty mess left by the Tory government but, ruining people's lives is not the way.
This country is in danger of electing a far-right government. Only Labour can defeat them but Labour will lose votes if it doesn't change its policies - now.
"What we really need is a complete overhaul of the council ... system" = bottom up not top down... the clue is that what Thatcher initiated each and all subsequent govs have carried on ... no Nat Gov UK has been or is prepared to give up its Dictatorship... "Democracy"..? Ha! Ha! Ha!
I'm a Labour voter. I have an excellent, female, Labour MP but... what Starmer is doing now is destroying what the Labour Party should be standing for - decency, support, care, humanity.
My parents voted Labour all their lives. their lives were improved by Labour policies (I think in particular of the creation of the NHS) and they taught me what being a Labour supporter meant - but they would not recognise what Labour has become.
I urge Keir Starmer, and those in Parliament who seem to want to support him, to think again. Yes, I know that Labour is still clearing up the almighty mess left by the Tory government but, ruining people's lives is not the way.
This country is in danger of electing a far-right government. Only Labour can defeat them but Labour will lose votes if it doesn't change its policies - now.
"What we really need is a complete overhaul of the council ... system" = bottom up not top down... the clue is that what Thatcher initiated each and all subsequent govs have carried on ... no Nat Gov UK has been or is prepared to give up its Dictatorship... "Democracy"..? Ha! Ha! Ha!