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I don't know if you were around in the early -80's?
http://lightrefrain.net/historicalvoting/
Labour was significantly ahed in the polls,
Thatcher & Howe had seemingly for no reason raised VAT from 8 to 15%,
and it was the post-Falklands war fever,
and those splitters of the SDP that gave the Tories a majority,
despite their votes falling by 700,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1983Can't rule out itchy trigger fingered Callmedave starting another war,
nor, the Continuity Blairties splitting.
Wouldn't all those 'shy Tories' like their back-at-home kids to be able to afford to rent or buy an affordable house?
mespilus
Peter_Carter
Ok, lets do basic politics
To change things you need a working majority in the House of Commons
That means, under the current rules, you need to win about 100 seats . Most of these are in England and are places like Harlow, Nuneaton, Darwen, Southampton & Ipswich.
That means Labour has to appeal to the voters in these marginal constituencies and gain their votes. The last time this was tried with a Corbyn platform(83) Labour lost massively
Nothing has changed in the rules since then...
So if you want to make Labour a debating society then go ahead. I ve been there and done that..