Polling which took place before the 2019 election showed that voters often liked Labour’s economic policies until they found out they were proposed by Labour, Healey said: “That tells you the damage, and therefore the task, lies in the sentiment, in the view of who we are, what we stand for, and what we offer the country.”
Healey said: “We can’t duck the really difficult conversations about things like tax, and race and culture divides. If you don’t have a bigger vision, then others will fill that vacuum.”
He added: “We need to avoid being limited to the politics of compassion. There is a core that will always have Labour on the side of those who are most vulnerable and most disadvantaged, but also opportunity, fairness and ambition have to be a big part of what Labour stands for.”
This on the other hand I think is quite important:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/19/labour-will-never-govern-unless-it-can-appeal-again-to-working-class-report
Polling which took place before the 2019 election showed that voters often liked Labour’s economic policies until they found out they were proposed by Labour, Healey said: “That tells you the damage, and therefore the task, lies in the sentiment, in the view of who we are, what we stand for, and what we offer the country.”
Healey said: “We can’t duck the really difficult conversations about things like tax, and race and culture divides. If you don’t have a bigger vision, then others will fill that vacuum.”
He added: “We need to avoid being limited to the politics of compassion. There is a core that will always have Labour on the side of those who are most vulnerable and most disadvantaged, but also opportunity, fairness and ambition have to be a big part of what Labour stands for.”