CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:31 pm
I thought Johnson (after performing badly in some other interviews) smashed it out of the park tonight. No mistakes.
He was only put into office (by the party who dislike him) to finish off Corbyn. I suspect he is on the home run now. Polls are starting to lengthen again, Yougov say he won tonight, it is hard to see where the Labour gains come from.
Ultimately, moderate Labour has an appeal to many after years of austerity, but hard left socialism rightly scares off many of them.
That's a pretty fair summing up,actually both leaders seemed more intent on appealing to their tribal voters rather than winning late converts,the problem for Labour is a hard left agenda isn't going to win over many floating voters,it was notable that in the post-debate interviews of voters in the marginal Ipswich seat,many are skeptical of Johnson and the Conservatives,but faced with the alternative of a Corbyn led government,they'll bite the bullet and vote Conservative in the main.
In 20/30 years time when historians discuss this election it'll be seen as a missed opportunity by Labour,an unpopular government that's been in office for nearly a decade,and with a marmite figure in Johnson as their leader,plus internal divisions amongst some of their MP'S.
And despite all these woes it looks like Boris will get an outright majority,how big a majority might well depend on how the smaller parties fare,but it's hard to see which seats Labour can gain,perhaps a couple in London but beyond there it's looking bleak,the problem Labour has to solve is how are they ever going to win a majority without their 40+ Scottish seats,which aren't returning anytime soon.