Elections have historically been won from the centre

Blair understood this and so does Starmer. The problem is that the centre these days looks a lot different to what the centre used to be. And as the two-party system looks increasingly fragile I'm not sure how long that old saw - be centrist and win - will last.

Cf da yoot talking about anything online. It's not OK for me to prefer carrot cake and you to prefer chocolate brownies. If I don't like chocolate brownies it must be because I'm a horrible person who probably boils kittens in his spare time and is basically Hitler.

The art of disagreeing with grace seems to have been lost.

Posted By: Old Man on May 2nd 2025 at 10:45:37

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Labour lose Runcorn (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 06:54:14
- Cameron lost loads of bye elections and then won the general (General Chat) - Old Man, May 2, 10:32:02
  - Not sure the tories were ever Polling 24% (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 10:35:53
    - Certainly this *could* be the start of the end of the two party duopoly (General Chat) - Old Man, May 2, 10:40:19
      - In theory it’s a good thing (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 2, 10:53:04
- They’ve now got as many MPs as after the GE (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 2, 08:21:36
- Good. And a supposed safe Labour seat too. (n/m) (General Chat) - RightOnCue, May 2, 07:57:38
  - When you constantly lie to the electorate you get banged. (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 2, 07:59:05
    - That doesn't explain Farage's victories though.. (General Chat) - mr carra, May 2, 08:51:38
      - Brexit was a big lie. And doing unseen damage. (General Chat) - Milko, May 2, 09:03:54
      - The fact is though... (General Chat) - mr carra, May 2, 08:55:12
        
        Yep, the overwhelming majority of immigration is (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 09:00:07
        
        Because the Tories spent years... (General Chat) - mr carra, May 2, 09:29:35
        
        and needed for people who refuse to do the jobs because it's beneath them (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 11:09:43
        
        That's Tory rhetoric from the mid 2000s (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 11:37:29
        
        It's my observation (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 11:43:27
        
        It's demonstrably true (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 12:18:49
        
        Who do you think picked fruit and veg prior to the influx.. (General Chat) - RightOnCue, May 2, 12:45:43
        
        The Farmers opened the floodgates to cheap foreign Labour? (n/m) (General Chat) - RightOnCue, May 2, 17:12:32
        
        Your argument is with the farmers then (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 13:09:48
        
        The Farmers opened the floodgates to cheap foreign Labour?.. (General Chat) - RightOnCue, May 2, 17:15:32
    - Turkeys voting for Christmas (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 08:09:00
      - there it is , one of the reasons Labour lost in Runcorn (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 2, 08:51:30
      - Can't be any worse than the Tories or Labour. (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 2, 08:40:29
        
        It can and always will get massively worse if people overreact to situations (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 08:46:19
        
        Well there's a lie right there (n/m) (General Chat) - mr carra, May 2, 08:44:39
        
        Hardly a lie. More a view of things (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 2, 08:53:48
- Publicly professed racist and fascist views (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 07:56:54
  - It's mental that so many working class people believe a private school educated (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 2, 08:51:42
    - If you want to understand the Farage phenomenon I highly recommend this book (General Chat) - Old Git, May 2, 10:32:20
      - I've not read that, it looks good - thanks for the rec (General Chat) - Old Man, May 2, 10:51:11
    - Starmer fits most of that (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 10:27:44
      - His father was a toolmaker (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 10:28:45
    - Same with Trump (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 2, 09:52:40
    - Incredible isn't it. I hope they get 'their' country back one day (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 08:54:56
  - Man of the people 😂 (General Chat) - footymadman, May 2, 08:24:58
- “It’s where you put it down” (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, May 2, 07:56:25
- Excellent (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 2, 07:30:27
- Results like this happen in the first year of a new Government who have used the (General Chat) - The Gaffer, May 2, 07:11:32
  - Badenoch is basically a caretaker leader, my prediction was that she would go (General Chat) - Old Man, May 2, 10:34:24
    - Tories are done I would think (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 11:09:30
  - Farage is either liked or intensely hated ....there is no middle ground. (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, May 2, 07:31:17
    - More about Labour being total cunts than Farage surely? (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 2, 07:32:37
  - If that's what the labour party thinks (and I best it doesnt) (General Chat) - paulg, May 2, 07:29:30
    - So what do you believe it should do to oppose Reform? (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, May 2, 07:56:59
      - Educate people on historical failures to humanity brought by Far Right cunts? (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 08:13:45
        
        Slightly different centre right (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 08:16:04
        
        Labour are now the old definition of centre right (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 08:24:38
        
        so you think we live in a more right wing world than 50 years ago? (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 2, 08:59:40
        
        Not society as such (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 09:02:40
        
        Elections have historically been won from the centre (General Chat) - Old Man, May 2, 10:45:37
        
        Socially left, economically right (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 10:33:13
        
        Socially left of where it was 20-50 years ago (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 11:02:36
        
        We’ve certainly opened our borders (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 11:11:50
        
        Wolf in sheeps clothing (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, May 2, 08:18:29
      - There are many inter connected problems (General Chat) - paulg, May 2, 08:09:31
        
        What does "control immigration" actually mean though? (General Chat) - mr carra, May 2, 08:49:08
        
        Near +1 million people a year (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 10:29:48
        
        The vast majority of which is legal migration (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 11:00:50
        
        indeed (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 11:41:01
        
        I was more thinking of NHS workers and care sector workers (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 12:20:02
        
        the current cost to government of housing (General Chat) - paulg, May 2, 13:10:32
        
        Most parts of Norfolk are on the list (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 13:15:17
        
        Absolutely (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 13:13:53
        
        I suspect we'll soon leave the echr, or make changes to the way the convention applies (General Chat) - paulg, May 2, 14:15:48
        
        Pay a fair wage (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 13:07:06
        
        Glad you're in favour of massive increases in NHS and care staff pay (General Chat) - jamesward, May 2, 13:15:44
        
        We absolutely should be training more doctors and nurses (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 13:21:40
    - Reform aren’t the Tories (General Chat) - phrankin, May 2, 07:32:27

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