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Bea65 Thu 05-May-22 17:04:11

How busy are the local election stations...do you feel weary of voting when most are unknown candidates or, you vote for the same old....I had a long list to choose from ....

Ilovecheese Mon 09-May-22 15:06:19

"the far left are working hard to get rid of Starmer, they would rather have Boris win the next election than Starmer."

An assertion like this perhaps?

Anniebach Mon 09-May-22 18:20:11

Yes, I was wrong about the far left being involved with this, I
had forgotten Angela Rayner was there

GagaJo Mon 09-May-22 18:30:40

Thanks Ilovecheese ?

MayBee70 Mon 09-May-22 20:54:26

Ilovecheese

I think as well that a number of people with more left wing views have already moved on from Labour, hence the increase in numbers for the Green party.
There are also a number of very small new groupings who fielded candidates. These people are acting for themselves now, rather than waiting for the Labour party.

But people say Labour don’t have policies. Now, I really like the Green Party and what they stand for environmentally but I haven’t got the faintest idea what their policies are on other subjects eg the economy, social care etc etc And I rather think that goes for a lot of people that have started voting for them.