You are reading a single comment by @frankenbike and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
-
they are succeeding in getting Labour to more or less fall in line with Conservative Party orthodoxy
They are falling in line with UK voter orthodoxy.
By treating practically every Tory policy as a 'wedge issue' to be avoided...
Practically every issue is a wedge issue to be avoided because wedge issues are the Tory strategy. It's how/why they won over the red wall.
frankenbike
OK, well to explain it again, they are succeeding in getting Labour to more or less fall in line with Conservative Party orthodoxy. By treating practically every Tory policy as a 'wedge issue' to be avoided, Labour is painting itself into a corner from which it will be unable to escape when the time comes to offer an alternative. Now, that's not going to translate into immediate poll gains for the Tories and won't offset Johnson's dire performance either, but there's another two years before the next GE, by which time I fear if the current Labour tactics continue, there'll be barely a fag paper between the two main parties.
Right?