Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Just one question from me - is anyone on here aware of anyone who did not vote Labour last July who has changed their minds and are planning to vote for them now? I’m not, yet Starmer seems to be pursuing policies aimed at getting Reform voters from last year’s election to vote for him while taking what’s left of the traditional Labour vote for granted.
The criticisms of Starmer's language around migration are just nonsense in my opinion, I haven't seen any convincing piece yet to justify it.

Putting that aside, I don't think the policies will win votes unless they work, the public were lied to about migration for years (X target, then X target again, then Brexit will reduce it). The sad truth about the British public is that if Starmer reduces migration substantially, there's a good chance he wins the next election. He could make no progress elsewhere and it wouldn't matter to a lot of people.

I don't tend to ask people how they have voted so wouldn't know if any have switched.