Andy_W
Well-known member
That approval rating didn't mean anything, she'd never won an election before 2017, she got in because Cameron won, and had only been in the job a year when the next election came. She then lost seats from the last election with Cameron as got 317 seats, that's not even a majority, so clearly when it came to the crunch that approval rating, wasn't enough approval to get votes, clearly she was approved of more than JC mind. I didn't actually mind May all that much (for a Tory), she had little chance running that party of bell ends, and getting them to tow the line. The Tories clearly wanted more of a far right nut job, and she was clearly seen as "not man enough" by them, but they're a bunch of discriminative pricks.May had the highest approval ratings of any PM since records began when she called the 2017 election. People were confidently predicting a 200 seat majority. That you don't think she's a powerhouse now, is testament to Labour's performance in that election.
Boris won London mayor. Twice. And he seemed to even surprise himself winning the referendum. And the sort of majority the tories haven't had since the 80s. Definitely a political powerhouse. If he's replaced before the next election, and the tories do badly for a while, they'll have party members desperate for him to come back, like the centrists in Labour pining for Blair to return for years.
BJ won London Mayor through his "different" character, not through his capabilities, some actually thought that character was good, obviously the reality of that in a high pressure job has shown his true colours (most already knew these), and more and more are learning that he's a lying clown with no substance.
He was only an MP for 3 years before being Mayor, and before that a poor journalist, who was sacked twice for lying, hardly good credentials for being an MP. People were conned on the Mayor thing, like they were conned on Brexit.
BJ just switches sides and jumps on the side that will line his pocket the best, he may have been surprised by the result, but he like many really underestimated how discriminatory a lot of our country is. Once he figured out what they were like, he thought he could latch on to that, to make himself a few quid.
I don't even know why you bother posting about Labour, it doesn't sound like you actually want them to win, and didn't support them in previous times when they did win, and you would rather the Tories won and Labour met your criteria. It's like someone being happy on death row, as long as they get their tasty meal before being put to the sword. You should think about what your priorities are, and for most people on here, that's get the Tories out however we can, then make gradual changes. You seem to want to get all the changes without going via the middle ground, which is impossible.
The party can't win if it moves to you instantly, so if you don't want the Tories you should either just vote for Labour and accept they're better than the Tories (which they always are), or vote for somebody else, just make sure you vote. If you try and drag the party away from the centre, when it's not in power, it will never get in power, not in the next decade at least. We need to curtail these far right clowns, before they drag other people further right, but we won't get it by being far left, there has to be a compromise, and then when we have power, then make changes.