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If Labour started winning votes from Reform supporters I would be very worried. 

Indeed, if for no other reason than it demonstrates the divide between these Tory voters and Labour under Sir Kier. 

In the short term all they are ever going to do is damage the Tory vote whilst winning little or nothing themselves.

But I fear their strategy is a longer term one, seeking to drag the Tory party itself in their direction to prevent the haemorrhage of right wing votes.

The Tories would be making a grave long term strategic error if they did this, though. Because the ultra right wing, climate change denialists attracted by Reform are mostly elderly, and their numbers are destined to diminish sharply over time for obvious reasons. Reform however repulses more than it attracts most voters of working age, and particular those who tend to be floating voters, at least some of whom need to be won over to have any hope of winning an election.

So if Reform succeeds in dragging the Tories to the right it will very much be a Pyrrhic victory for them because it can only make the Tories more unelectable.

If Starmer believes in God, he must surely think that He must be a Labour supporter right now, lol. Starmer surely could not have wished for a better political alignment, the only real fly in the ointment for him being the sharp decline in support for Labour amongst Muslim voters at the moment. 

Yes Galloway party took 2 seats in the Rochdale council election.
Of labour one of them my ward .


But in the Bigger picture think the Muslim vote won't effect that much given the GE.

Question is: When it comes to it are they going to risk letting the Tories gain seats. Ok if your convinced the seat will go to the Greens etc, but that's rarely the case. 

I don't think Muslims are less canny than the rest of us. 

I wonder what irreversible damage Netanyahu has done to Israel. I suspect many Americans were already struggling with Israel's land grabbing in the West bank. 

Now Nete has really revealed his hatred of Arabs and Muslims. How long before Judaism starts to be spoken about as many do Islam, as intolerant and violent. 

I hope they can row back from this.