4 reasons why Labour lost the election

[Eric Arthur]

1 Failure to shake off the myth that we (ie Labour) were responsible for the financial crash and failure to build trust on the economy

 

2 Inability to deal with issues of "connection" in particular failure to communicate on benefits and immigration

 

3 Ed Miliband was judged not be as strong a leader as David Cameron

 

4 Fear of the SNP propping up a minority Labour government

 

 

 

This is the conclusion from Labour's own report why the party lost the election, gleaned from polling and doorstep conversations and leaked to the BBC today.

[tinfoilhat]

I'd have thought not enough votes might have been in there as well.

[GLASGOWOODS]

Miliband lost them the election.

[lines]

1 Failure to shake off the myth that we (ie Labour) were responsible for the financial crash and failure to build trust on the economy

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Not quite right, Gordon sold all the gold at stupid prices, then they spent spent spent and had nothing when it rained.

 

 

 

 

Why does no-one ever link the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to playing a part in the crash?

 

 

Like now, we're getting out of massive repayments, yet we still can afford to go to Syria.

 

 

 

EDIT:

Also over 50% of the working population was employed in the public sector,which wasn't sustainable financially.

[little malc]

not just the blame for the financial crisis as failure to recognise it and keeping on borrowing leading to the famous note, 'there's no money left.' Sadly Corbyn and his followers seem even less with it as far as finance goes.

[Eric Arthur]

Sorry, I didn't include the leak. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35313090

 

Apparently it was suppressed so as not to underine Corbyn. Too late.

[Flanker7]

Why would this undermine Corbyn?

 

He was a back bencher with a fine record of not voting with the Labour regime that lost the election.

[El Cid]

not just the blame for the financial crisis as failure to recognise it and keeping on borrowing leading to the famous note, 'there's no money left.'.

 

And the man that left that note did not get sacked!!!

 

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EDIT:

Also over 50% of the working population was employed in the public sector,which wasn't sustainable financially.

 

I thought it was about 30%?

 

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Not quite right, Gordon sold all the gold at stupid prices, then they spent spent spent and had nothing when it rained.

 

He was advised by HM Treasury that it was the right thing to do at the time, did you predict a rise in the price of gold at the time, or are you just able to say it was a daft thing to do, in hind-sight.

But yes, the press reported it, and they seem to like reporting anything anti-Labour.

[Thorpist]

What about people feeling out of touch with Oxbridge elite.

[foxy lady]

He was advised by HM Treasury that it was the right thing to do at the time, did you predict a rise in the price of gold at the time, or are you just able to say it was a daft thing to do, in hind-sight.

But yes, the press reported it, and they seem to like reporting anything anti-Labour.

 

I think the daft thing to do was to announce to the world that the UK would be selling 396 tonnes of gold well in advance. This in itself sent the price down a further 10%. Classic stupidy.

 

Now known as Brown's Bottom.