Labour Miss The Mark Again – Arthur R, y9
This week, Labour has been viewed as unstable by the public, as scandals of Peter Mandelson and Angela Rayner anger the public. Additionally, Reform UK has been gaining traction and worried Starmer frantically looks for a solution so that Labour stays in power during the next election.
Recently, Peter Mandelson- The UK ambassador to the US- was exposed as to having personal and financial connections to Jefferey Epstein, an American paedophile, by emails between the two being uncovered. Starmer’s reaction to this was delayed, even stating that he had ‘full confidence’ in Peter Mandelson just a day before firing him. The public are disgusted by this: why did Starmer wait so long to take action?
Furthermore, just days ahead of this incident, after Angela Rayner, the deputy leader of the party. was discovered to not be paying the correct stamp duty tax, she resigned. Starmer took this opportunity as an excuse to reshuffle his government adding a greater sense of instability to Labour. The MP Clive Lewis (Norwich South) stated ‘“This reshuffle is about consolidating power, not delivering for the country. It’s a top‑down exercise that leaves the party’s grassroots cold.”
This raises the question, how long can Labour cling onto being the party in power? It’s no surprise that support for Labour has plummeted ever since they were elected and we begin to see Reform beginning to be a favourite for the next election. Starmer needs to act immediately and buckle down on what the nation is looking for. At this point 56% of voters’ top political issue is asylum and immigration, and right now 36% of voters believe Reform is that party that can deal with that vs Labours 9%.
If Labour can stabilise and make changes that impact the people in the way they want, they will still stand a chance in the next election.
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