{"id":3213,"date":"2021-09-22T19:21:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2021-09-22T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:39:08","slug":"is-the-labour-party-finished-has-the-uk-party-become-unelectable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/is-the-labour-party-finished-has-the-uk-party-become-unelectable\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Labour Party Finished: Has The UK Party Become Unelectable?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Various analysts have aired serious concerns over the Labour party\u2019s makeup about being elected into the leadership role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a major loss during the 2019 elections, political analysts believe that the Labour party did not recover <\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a> and suffered a major blow that might have crippled it for life. Under the leader of Keir Starmer, the Labour Party seems to be bleeding more and more, with the hope of ruling slowly fading, as noted by other politicians. In May, the Labour party lost a parliamentary seat to Conservative Jill Mortimer by 15 529 votes to 8 589. Such a margin was deemed \u201ctoo much,\u201d especially in a territory that had supported the opposition party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Starmer was disappointed with these results and said, \u201cI am bitterly disappointed in the results. I take full responsibility for the result, and I will take responsibility for fixing things\u201d. The leader acknowledged that his party had changed its conduct and was not making any impact in the country. He added that \u201cWe have changed as a party, but we haven\u2019t set out a strong case to the country. Very often, we have been talking to ourselves instead of to the country, and we\u2019ve lost the trust of working people, particularly in places like Hartlepool. I intend to do whatever is necessary to fix that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think what this election shows is that people want a party and a government that is focused on them focused on delivering change,\u201d as noted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson who was celebrating his candidate\u2019s victory. Johnson\u2019s utterances seem to cement Peter Mandelson\u2019s views on the stature of the Labour party. According to Mandelson, \u201cSince Labour left office in 2010, we haven\u2019t played it well\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Sleat of the Independent cited that the Labour Party needs to find itself from ground zero. He wrote, \u201cIn my judgement, Labour, right now, is as far away from regaining power as it has ever been over that time. What is needed is not the gradual change we\u2019ve seen over the last year but a Big Bang moment\u201d <\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a>. Sleat does not believe in any restructuring or adoption of new policies but wants a rebuilt. He noted that \u201cThe party needs a total and complete reset. Its very existence is at stake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

By being the main opposition, the Labour party exerted a lot of pressure on the rulers and made noise in many areas while gathering support from the citizens. But it has lost that force or hunger for power and is slowly fading away from the minds of Britons. Sleat argued how \u201cthe party is on the wrong course and, as it stands, will lose the next General Election, its fifth in a row.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2019, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Labour to abandon implementing policies derived from Jeremy Corbyn and called such strategies \u2018misguided ideology\u2019 <\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a>. Sleat shared the same sentiments in propounding vital suggestions necessary to make the Labour party electable again. The major remedy was for Kier to abandon \u201cCorbynism,\u201d which is blamed for betraying Labour\u2019s values. During Corbyn\u2019s reign, he was described as unelectable by his opponents <\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a>, and by using his ideologies, the Labour party is reducing its electability levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other people argued that the party might also \u201cneed to level with the public\u201d and appeal to the people to restore confidence. There is also a need to focus more on a \u201cpositive, future-looking agenda to unite the country\u201d and bring back lost loyal supporters who have been disappointed endlessly through blooming in a losing streak. \u201cMost people, me included, have no idea what Labour stands for. The party is so far away from regaining power it needs to hit the reset button now,\u201d as alluded to by Sleat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It may be high time for a change of policies and conduct within the Labour Party, and it might need to go back to its roots in an effort to find its true self. As a leader, Keir Starmer is faced with a difficult task to restore the Labour\u2019s glory days and make it electable again in the face of Britons. Such a restoration is pertinent before the next elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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