Billy Horner
Well-known member
At least 5/6 of those principles could (and probably have at some point) feature in a Tory election manifesto. Also, blinding piece of politics to not even mention climate change, giving up that entire ground (and votes) to the Greens.
I don’t buy this “win back the Blair voters” argument as a feasible path to victory. That was 20 years ago and they’re all in or nearing retirement now. You don’t win them back by making bland platitudes about “hard working families”.
There’s a generation (or 2 now) who can’t get decent, secure jobs despite being graduates, can’t get on the housing ladder, are discriminated against in the welfare system and are being told they’ll have to work until they’re 80. They see a system currently that works entirely against their interests whilst nothing is done about the one thing they all care about, climate change.
The LP needs to speak directly to them and provide them with an alternative vision for their futures. Then it needs to speak to their parents and grandparents and explain that the LP doesn’t expect them to pay for it all.
I don’t buy this “win back the Blair voters” argument as a feasible path to victory. That was 20 years ago and they’re all in or nearing retirement now. You don’t win them back by making bland platitudes about “hard working families”.
There’s a generation (or 2 now) who can’t get decent, secure jobs despite being graduates, can’t get on the housing ladder, are discriminated against in the welfare system and are being told they’ll have to work until they’re 80. They see a system currently that works entirely against their interests whilst nothing is done about the one thing they all care about, climate change.
The LP needs to speak directly to them and provide them with an alternative vision for their futures. Then it needs to speak to their parents and grandparents and explain that the LP doesn’t expect them to pay for it all.