Voters that would go to the Greens in England have gone to Plaid Cymru in Wales. Most recent polling shows that the centre left block in Wales, which is made up of a number of parties, is larger than the centre right block which is predominantly split between Tories and Reform.
This sounds very similar to what Labour have tried in Wales with Plaid Cymru. And the polls tell you how successful a strategy that has been.
Feels like those at the top of Labour still haven't fully grasped why they've lost so many voters from their left flank.
Quite embarrassing that we let this England side put almost 50 points on us...
Absolutely wild that it seemingly took senior Labour folk this long to recognise this.
Not convinced Starmer can do anything to win people back though. Personally I don't think i could ever trust him again.
Labour lost three by-elections yesterday - all to different parties mobilising disaffected voters on their liberal left flank: Greens (see below), Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru.
Starmer/McSweeney strategy of marginalizing the left flank to go after socially con Reform curious continues to backfire
Indeed. It's never comms and part of the problem of the last two years is that this government has all been comms, position, 'strategy' with little to no interest in policy from the key players.
Doing the work on policy development before announcements. To avoid perfectly foreseeable issues and inevitable u-turns.
And getting back to Labour values. The loss of these is a big part of why people are leaving Labour for other centre left options. And why people like me resigned our membership.
And i say this being unsure of whether Starmer stepping down is the right thing. He almost certainly won't (and shouldn't) lead the party into the next election. But is now the time for change in personnel?
Change in approach is definitely needed. Getting the basics right would be a good start.
This whole Starmer has a 5 year mandate thing is bugging me.
*Labour* have a 5 year mandate, on the basis of the manifesto presented at the election. A manifesto that has been stretched as it is.
I really don't think it's helpful to keep playing into this idea we have a presidential system.
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I actually found myself hoping there would be coverage on Premier Sports. A phrase I never thought I'd utter
Why am I getting adverts mid game ITV?! Wtaf?!
As if ITV rugby coverage wasn't bad enough anyway.
Somehow this game is even worse than I expected. And I expected it to be abysmal. What a state Welsh rugby is in. The WRU have so much to answer for 🤬
At Marie Curie we have set out the actions needed to transform our end of life care system in Wales.
We continue to call on all political parties to commit to the action needed in their own manifestos ahead of the Senedd election.
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Palliative care is delivered through a complex mix of generalist and specialist services. We need all parts of our health and social care system to be better equipped to respond to the needs of people living with a terminal illness.
We now need consensus to translate into action.
There was broad consensus yesterday about the need to put a long-term sustainable funding solution in place. Which was very welcome.
This work must be accompanied by action to vastly strengthen the wider palliative and end of life care system.
Yesterday MSs debated hospices and hospice services, and the need to place the hospice sector on a sustainable funding model.
Hospices deliver holistic, person centred care to those who are living with a terminal illness and those close to them. These services are highly valued.
Didn't think my opinion of the WRU could get any lower but here we are.
An absolute disgrace of a governing body who simply have zero respect for, or understanding of, Welsh rugby fans.
I know there are much bigger things going on in the world but can we ban politicians from saying the phrase "absolutely clear". I swear it's starting to cause me physical pain everytime I hear it
This post budget stuff is blowing my mind. How can so many people seemingly be opposed to lifting children out of poverty?
I'm no fan of this UK Labour government, but raising revenue so you can take action to stop children going hungry is something to be proud of.
Today's Autumn Budget provided support for rising living costs and child poverty, but does it go far enough to support women?
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A sign of some much needed sense from the UK Government finally, perhaps?
Shame the same caution and focus on getting things right, and quite frankly fair and proportionate, was not on show immediately after the court ruling. Which has been wilfully over interpreted by too many
Very useful headline analysis from @waleswbg.bsky.social of today's detailed Welsh Government budget proposals.
Big risks ahead without some significant effort to protect public services 👇
I see quite a lot of "Reform getting 36% from a standing start is remarkable" and feel I need to point out that it the "standing start" narrative is basically a Reform talking point and needs to be treated with care. It's a consolidation of left and right, in a smart, strategic way.
So it would seem the best way to beat Reform, is to actually challenge Reform. On their rhetoric, their policies and their values.
Who could have guessed 🤷🏼♀️
As always a a great listen, and articulates well why I've been feeling uncomfortable with the ID card announcement despite probably being broadly in favour of the principle
Good to see general consensus from all parties that action is needed. Sincerely hope that translates into commitments in Senedd election manifestos.
An important debate in the Senedd yesterday courtesy of Mark Isherwood MS.
Our palliative and end of life care system is at breaking point. This is not a sustainable position for our hospice services to be operating within.
