Realistically though the only chance the country has of avoiding a reform future is to give the reform base some of what they want under labour. I don’t see a way around it otherwise.
The reform base will never be satisfied, they’re already moving on from reform because it’s not cruel enough. Those weirdos should be ostracised and ignored. The larger constituency that’s actually worth representing is those that rightfully want change but have chosen to support reform because they’re the only ones offering a solution to the decline in living standards, and the way to address that is to offer real solutions and actually make people’s lives better.
Getting a taste of xenophobia from the less xenophobic party does not work to dissuade them on how they think it’ll go when people who actually believe in something (racist isolationism) are doing it. If it did then their voters wouldn’t be squeezing out both sides.
Realistically though the only chance the country has of avoiding a reform future is to give the reform base some of what they want under labour. I don’t see a way around it otherwise.
The reform base will never be satisfied, they’re already moving on from reform because it’s not cruel enough. Those weirdos should be ostracised and ignored. The larger constituency that’s actually worth representing is those that rightfully want change but have chosen to support reform because they’re the only ones offering a solution to the decline in living standards, and the way to address that is to offer real solutions and actually make people’s lives better.
Sorry for being pragmatic I guess
Getting a taste of xenophobia from the less xenophobic party does not work to dissuade them on how they think it’ll go when people who actually believe in something (racist isolationism) are doing it. If it did then their voters wouldn’t be squeezing out both sides.