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I do wonder how carefully he's considered the fact those who think the policy is great are not going to vote for him anyway and those who believe he's being weak on it or not taking a strong enough stand against it might find they can't be arsed voting for something they believe is nary a Rizla paper away from what the Tories are offering anyway. Remains to be seen how well the powers that be in Labour have done their sums on this, but I fancy he's not going to be able to rely on everyone who voted Labour in 2o19 and 2017. They may be right in calculating the only people they need to appeal to are so-called Red Wall switchers and that everyone will be so royally pissed off with the Tories by then they'll vote for any alternative, but I'm not so sure.
If beergate tells us anything, it's that the press will go after him anyway and no amount of careful consideration of what works and what does not is going to change that.
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At one point it seemed 20% of Labour supporters would support the Rwanda policy.
Some stats highlights here: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61805819
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If beergate tells us anything, it's that the press will go after him anyway and no amount of careful consideration of what works and what does not is going to change that.
If you genuinely believe that,, then it follows that the press is a hostile rump with whom there is no winning, and that therefore the only good strategy is a defensive one to minimise your interaction with them. And that was imo one of the key problems with the Corbyn administration. If you treat ALL the press as hostile you remove one of your key weapons in reaching people who might otherwise hear you. Moreover, it provides the opposition with the room they need to create an alternative narrative about you. It cedes the ground. It is a sure-fire way to lose an election.
Of course Labour will always have a harder time in the press than the Tories in the UK. That's an argument for us to be better with our engagement strategy, not one in favour of disconnecting altogether.
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They may be right in calculating the only people they need to appeal to are so-called Red Wall switchers and that everyone will be so royally pissed off with the Tories by then
If this is the plan the Tories win. They might be better advised to be working with other opposition parties to form pacts with a view to ending adversarial politics once and for all.
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Its not possible to change the political rhetoric between now and the next general election. Especially with the media stacked in the Torys favour.
Genuinely amazed at the number of people mistaking careful consideration of what works and what does not for inaction and weakness. He's a sneering leftie elite lawyer after all...how dare he tell us that the policy we think is great is wrong!