• MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      This is true, but that cement is weak and the foundation shaky.

      Labour didn’t meaningfully increase its vote share, turnout was the lowest in 20+ years, and and the average seat now is incredibly marginal - down from an average of 12k to 6k. The free ride is over, Labour have no answers, and no real bedrock of support.

      There’s an opportunity to organise, agitate, and exploit that weakness outside of electoral politics. There’s about to be potentially millions of totally disaffected libs over the next few years who’ll be looking to make sense of this shitshow and we shouldn’t leave them to the far right.

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          How the fuck is it cope when Corbyn’s not so insignificant win in Islington North (which was up in the air, and many people thought he was going to lose his seat) is pointed out? Labour invested a lot there to make sure he’d lose, but that didn’t work. Interestingly, it’s also the first time since 1937 that an election in Islington North didn’t result in victory for a Labour candidate.

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            It’s not significant because it poses no threat to power and Starmer and the red Tory hold over the Labour Party is thoroughly cemented now.

            It’s satisfying to see Corbyn win but it’s cope to pretend it’s significant. If the takeaway from these elections is “Corbyn and 3 or 4 other pro-Gaza politicians won counter-trend upsets” then you’ve painted a very inaccurate picture of the elections. Which makes it cope.