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Starmer's response to the the Conservatives losing two seats to massive swings, and Labour very nearly winning a seat that hasn't returned a Labour candidate since 1945 has been to say "Oh God This Is Awful, We Must Cancel All Policies That Tory Voters Don't Like At Once."
The current predictions are for Labour to get between 338 and 544 seats - somewhere between a large majority and a ridiculous majority. There is absolutely no need to tack rightwards. There is absolutely no need to be saying things like "We are doing something very wrong when a Labour party policy was on each and every Tory leaflet" unless you believe that the Conservatives should love Labour policies.
The idea that failing to win every seat means Labour is somehow doing badly and needs to change only makes sense if you believe that your policies need to attract absolutely everyone to you.
There is always going to be tension between "The policies that you believe will win you an election" and "The policies that you believe are the best ones" - but the time to be taking on the policies of the opposition is when you're massively behind and trying to find ways to catch up. The only reason to do it when you have the support of the country is if you actually *want* the policies of the opposing side.
The current predictions are for Labour to get between 338 and 544 seats - somewhere between a large majority and a ridiculous majority. There is absolutely no need to tack rightwards. There is absolutely no need to be saying things like "We are doing something very wrong when a Labour party policy was on each and every Tory leaflet" unless you believe that the Conservatives should love Labour policies.
The idea that failing to win every seat means Labour is somehow doing badly and needs to change only makes sense if you believe that your policies need to attract absolutely everyone to you.
There is always going to be tension between "The policies that you believe will win you an election" and "The policies that you believe are the best ones" - but the time to be taking on the policies of the opposition is when you're massively behind and trying to find ways to catch up. The only reason to do it when you have the support of the country is if you actually *want* the policies of the opposing side.
