Our constituency poll has awful news for Britain’s Tories
www.economist.com
Hartlepool is on track to lurch back to Labour in the election. Reform UK is in second spot

… But great news for Britain!

Hartlepool is on track to lurch back to Labour in the election. Reform UK is in second spot

Came across this via LabourList, so giving them a shout, too.

  • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    20 days ago

    Fair enough. So if I understand you correctly, this isn’t really about Labor having any positive policies, but more that they won’t actively make things much worse.

    Btw, on the Rwanda plan, didn’t Starmer say in the debate he’d do that if it complied with international law? EDIT: I’m wrong, he said he’d do third country processing of migrants if it complied with international law.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      3·
      20 days ago

      That’s my opinion on it, at least. Which sucks, but it’s a clear improvement.

      Starmer’s recent comments have all been that he intends to scrap the Rwanda policy if elected. If he has said otherwise I’m open to being corrected, of course. In contrast, the Conservative policy has openly been to ignore international law and change domestic law to facilitate the deportations

      • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        20 days ago

        If he has said otherwise I’m open to being corrected, of course.

        I went back to double-check what I’d heard from the horse’s mouth. I misunderstood the first time (they had just finished talking about Rwanda). This was in relation to third country processing of migrants.

        • Skua@kbin.earth
          3·
          20 days ago

          I think it’s also important to draw a distinction between third country processing and the Rwanda policy. Those sent to Rwanda do not get processed for asylum in the UK. If their claim is accepted, they get asylum in Rwanda.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          3·
          20 days ago

          They are open to third country processing but as far as I understand it it wouldn’t be their main objective. They have said, a repeatedly said, is that they will open processing centers in France, which was always the sensible option and was rejected by the Conservatives so they could continue to use immigration as red meat for their diminishing voter base.

          No one talked about immigration until the conservatives took power.