Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
It helps to have an active and enthusiastic membership to campaign (phones, leaflets, doorstep, social media) in an election. It is not a good idea to attack and demoralise those members before an election so that a large proportion of them do not get involved. The hundreds of thousands speak to the millions. That's the way it works!
that's fair enough, but if you cannot resonate with the electorate, then it really does mean nothing

Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
You are right - Labour is bereft of ideas. It wasn't a few years ago, and their ideas were popular. But what does Labour stand for under Starmer? Labour's campaign was ideas free. It had no identity. There was a thin pick and mix of national and local policies that totally failed to add up to a vision for the country or the local area.
That's left wing politics in general though. The world has moved on from the 1970s. Tony blair understood this and modernised the labour movement. Result = outstanding success.

Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
The Anyone But Corbyn clique who now run the Labour Party really do need to 'step up to the plate'. Not for their own sakes, but for the millions who will pay the price for the Tory free run.
you say this as if its a bad thing.