What are Labour’s Actual Policies?

Since its inception, Labour Party has wrestled between left and right factions. Corbyn shifted it leftward and now Starmer has been redefining its stance. What does Labour stand for under him? If elected PM, what direction will Starmer take?

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[iheardyoulikeme]

If Labour does win, expect to hear ''There's not much we can do because of the previous government'' for the following 5 years.

[Frahamen]

Starmer: "we're not going to fix anything, but at least we're not making it that much worse. Maybe, ..."

[tlongie]

Keir basically conned Labour members into voting for him to be leader. He told us the 2017 manifesto was going to be the "foundational document" and subsequently ditched every pledge he made during that leadership campaign.

What do you think he'll be like when in power?

[schtormm]

this is why you don't do First Past the Post, kids..

[TheCoastermann]

Unlike 1997, this upcoming election isn’t exactly a pro-labour election, more just an anti-tory election.

[matthewparker]

Given how quickly he has gone from standing for radical change to get elected as labour leader to supporting tory policies to get elected as PM, who really trusts he will follow through with any of his policies?

[tt-ewrx]

Labour feels, rightfully, that in today's atmosphere, they don't need to stand for anything. They just need to say we are not the lot opposite and will enjoy a shoo-in.

[ExpendableRedshirt]

immediately, the right of the party is called "more pragmatic" as though all those things Corbyn was offering were just wishful thinking. The IFS said, when they came into power, Labour could afford 80% of all they were offering. And we know some of those things were clearly longer-term ambitions for second or even third terms. Nothing pie in the sky about them.

Words matter.

[verdebritanica]

Why is reversal of austerity deemed far left in this video? It's a return to a 2010 economy. It's hardly Leninist to want to do so.

[lunac]

I think I see Starmer's vision now, these points are what I have gathered:

-We're not the Torys
-Look, see, our ties are red
-Uhhh
-Vote now to get rid of the Torys!

[SamButler]

Corban was totally vindicated though. Everything about the pandemic showed how much we relied on public utilities. Ridiculed for wanting broadband for everyone, then we immediately started to work and school from home

[LahtariFIN]

The part about not taxing the ultra-rich seems like an April's fools joke. Rich factory owners and oligarchs might be the only people in the UK that have not suffered from Brexit. And now the expenses of Brexit will be paid by everyone else... expect the ones that aggressively lobbied for it.

[punklesam]

I don’t have much hope for the UK’s future. Looks pretty mad max judging from what recent events

[autarchprinceps]

Not having tuition fees is a hard left extremist position in your country? I feel sorry for you guys.

[yardh]

Both lab and con stand for themselves. They stand to keep a two party system. Their raison d'etre is to not leave.

[metalhead]

The electorate wants hope and vision, Labour has neither

[bobi]

Labour in its current form is essentially Tory lite in most policy areas. I would vote for them, but only because I believe they are more likely to give renters a better deal and at least take some steps toward addressing the wider housing crisis. That is my top priority, it’s clear it shouldn’t be in the hands of the party with a backbench full of landlords, who are financially invested in keeping housing prices high and ensuring the UK continues to have some of the weakest renter’s laws in Europe.

[TheSuperPsychoKiller]

There should not be any left or right of a party. Break up these large parties and implement proportional representation.

[IshtarNike]

Okay, so a major issue with the information just given here is that it ignores the difference between expenses and investments. No rich person counts their £28 billion worth of new stocks as an EXPENSE. It is not money that is being "spent" in the same way that you spend money on a holiday or a car.

Until journalists stop treating every single type of government spending as the same we will never have good politics in this country because the average person will be misled into thinking that £28 billion invested in the economy is the same as a £28 billion tax cut to be funded by borrowing. These things are worlds apart. Please do better and make this clearer in your reporting.

[gxngbjq]

So is it true that by UK standards, the American Democratic Party is considered conservative and the American Republican Party are ultra conservatives?