{"id":82661,"date":"2025-05-27T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=82661"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:48:03","slug":"people-arent-disatisfied-wth-labour-theyre-revolted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/05\/27\/people-arent-disatisfied-wth-labour-theyre-revolted\/","title":{"rendered":"People aren’t disatisfied wth Labour: they’re revolted"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is from a great article by George Monbiot in The Guardian<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n

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In one forum after another, I hear the same sentiments: \u201cI voted for change, not the same or worse.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve voted Labour all my life, but that\u2019s it for me.\u201d \u201cI feel I\u2019ve been had.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not dissatisfaction. It\u2019s not disillusionment. It\u2019s revulsion: visceral fury, anger on a level I\u2019ve seldom seen before, even towards Tory cruelties. Why? Because\u00a0these\u00a0<\/a>are<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Tory cruelties<\/a>, delivered by a party that claimed to be the only alternative, in our first-past-the-post electoral system.<\/p>\n

Everyone can name at least some of the betrayals:\u00a0cutting disability benefits<\/a>;\u00a0supplying weapons<\/a>\u00a0and, allegedly,\u00a0intelligence to the Israeli government<\/a>\u00a0as it pursues genocide in Gaza;\u00a0channelling Reform UK and Enoch Powell<\/a>\u00a0in maligning immigrants; slashing\u00a0international aid<\/a>;\u00a0trashing wildlife<\/a>\u00a0and habitats while\u00a0insulting and abusing<\/a>\u00a0people who want to protect them; announcing yet another\u00a0draconian anti-protest law<\/a>; leaving\u00a0trans people in legal limbo<\/a>; rigidly adhering to outdated and socially destructive fiscal rules; imposing\u00a0further austerity<\/a>\u00a0on government departments and public services. Once the great hope of the oppressed, Labour has become the oppressor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

George suggests action to take to win PR as a result, because we must try to minimise the risk of this happening again:<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the strategy. Join the Lib Dems, Greens, SNP or Plaid Cymru. As their numbers rise, other voters will see the tide turning. Encourage troubled Labour MPs to defect. Most importantly, begin the process in each constituency of bringing alienated voters together around a single candidate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It might work.<\/p>\n

I leave others to decide what do, but definitely read his article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is from a great article by George Monbiot in The Guardian this morning: In one forum after another, I hear the same sentiments: \u201cI
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