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<blockquote data-quote="Whovian" data-source="post: 401753" data-attributes="member: 57872">The polls have Labour on course for their highest vote share (44.0% on Guardian poll of polls) since 1966.The difference being in that election the Tories got 41.9% and - whereas this time they&#039;re polling at 23.4% (Again Guardian poll of polls).The Tory party have definitely imploded and will lose a lot of seats but Labour simply wouldn&#039;t be polling this high if there wasn&#039;t some enthusiasm for Starmer&#039;s version of the Labour Party.&nbsp; It&#039;s not the version of the party I&#039;d prefer (2017 showed Labour can win on a left-wing stand and this dive to the centre is cynical) but disaffected centre-right Tories - those he&#039;s trying to attract are obviously willing to vote for it. Us long Labour voting members are being taken for granted as they&#039;ve assumed we&#039;ll still vote for them &#039;because they&#039;re better than the Tories&#039;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whovian, post: 401753, member: 57872"] The polls have Labour on course for their highest vote share (44.0% on Guardian poll of polls) since 1966. The difference being in that election the Tories got 41.9% and - whereas this time they're polling at 23.4% (Again Guardian poll of polls). The Tory party have definitely imploded and will lose a lot of seats but Labour simply wouldn't be polling this high if there wasn't some enthusiasm for Starmer's version of the Labour Party. It's not the version of the party I'd prefer (2017 showed Labour can win on a left-wing stand and this dive to the centre is cynical) but disaffected centre-right Tories - those he's trying to attract are obviously willing to vote for it. Us long Labour voting members are being taken for granted as they've assumed we'll still vote for them 'because they're better than the Tories'. [/QUOTE]

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