UK Labour suffers historic local election wipeout as Reform surges
1mon 10d ago by aussie.zone/u/zero_gravitas in worldnews@aussie.zone from www.sbs.com.au
IN BRIEF
- The British Labour Party has suffered heavy losses in local elections, amid a surge in support for Reform UK and the Green Party.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to fight on despite taking responsibility for the losses.
Imagine fucking yourself with brexit, then voting for the guy again. Like Americans with Trump, wowee.
I heard some pre-election excitement around their Green Party. While they did make notable gains, their vote share:councils ratio is unfortunate.
If Australia is about 10 years behind the US, and 15 years behind Europe, then we are pretty screwed...
I feel like things rhyme, they don't repeat is appropriate here.
For example,
"Stop the Boats" was a slogan here long before it hit Britain. But its really not a thing anymore, and a large policy shift would be required from Labor or the Greens to see a path for that to have a resurgence.
Thats one example, but a lot of the drivers right wing populists have in other countries to play on are less common, or have been dealt with to varying degrees here.
So i really don't support this idea that we're politically behind the US or Europe. It doesn't make sense to me as a framework to think about One Nation's risen popularity.