Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
The party is called

Abolish the whole thing , merge with the liberals and other interested groups , stop splitting the anti tory vote

Get a leader like paddy ashdown in charge but tell him to keep his hands off the secretary
If voters currently perceive a huge tension between the left and the right of the Labour party I can't see how joining forces with other political entities will help one iota. Until the left v right conflict subsides it's unlikely that the Labour Party will be electable even when the Conservatives are performing absolutely abysmally. My personal opinion (worth sod all in the great scheme of things) is that Labour has no option but to move away from the left of the party that seems to have more in common with the 1970's rather than the 2020's.
The likes of Corbyn and Abbott will never attract the middle ground of voters and where the floating contingent lies.
I think it unfortunate that the SDP never really took hold and that the Lib Dems faded into obscurity when the likes of Vince Cable departed the leadership. The Conservatives are an unholy mess and riddled with corruption but they seem to have a direction, a factor that the floating voters seem to go for.