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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
Why would he develop a set of policies when the next General is like three years away and there hasn't been a Conference since he became leader?
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Exactly.
No one can predict the situation or policies needed without full accurate information.
It makes me laugh when you have the present government and its supporters, screaming for the opposition's policies.
When this lot have been talking about social care policy for years with still not a scrap of detail on them.
Plus across the board this government is only now starting to look at its own policies and deciding to even scrap manifesto commitments in the last election, not even yet 2 years ago.
So the folly of presenting policy now by the opposition in this uncertainty would be a likely pointless exercise.
I do think Starmer needs to present a stronger vision.
However policy is decided at Party conference, once one is held again.
By and large the Labour Party is a kind of grand coalition party.
Without the more heartless elements of the current Con Party and its leadership.
Overall policy once decided is accepted by Labour MPs and the members..
As in 2017, when for the sake of around 20 less seats for the Cons, an even grander coalition could have been the government.
The Cons saved by the DUP of Northern Ireland.
You are correct the election is likely at least 2 years off.
So what is the point of creating derailed policies, when as you agree too, there's not been a full and proper conference too.
While we have the present government, changing its own policies from the manifesto, making new policies now.
Having to alter course on several areas, yet they have the full information and projections to hand.
They're struggling to come up with right and relevant policies even as the government.
How can the oppositions, all other opposition parties, come up with real and rigid policymaking at this time as you say.
One I would throw into the pot myself however is for the Labour party to adopt PR for all elections after the next one.
Take the narrative away from the Cons and adopt one that the Cons and two thirds of their supporters would never want.
As the Con party would then be the only party standing in elections who were solidly against PR.
Because yes, no party would likely ever win absolute power alone again.
However that would remove any party like this Con party, only getting around 40% of the actual votes cast..
However to then able to, with a massive 80 overall majority to just dismiss the near 60% who voted against them.