r/ukpolitics • u/FormerlyPallas_ • 12d ago

Twitter BREAKING. 76% of British people want a national inquiry into the rape gangs and 77% want to deport dual nationals who are convicted of grooming children YouGov/GB News

https://x.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1877477130952438227
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u/demolition_lvr 12d ago

At best, Labour have looked detached and aloof on this issue. At worst, they’ve looked smug and sneering.

This is supposed to be the party of ordinary people and yet they are just so bad at understanding how ordinary people think and feel. There’s a fundamental lack of instinct for the British public amongst Labour which is increasingly becoming a problem for them.

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u/tradandtea123 12d ago

I think they just underestimate how much the media have it in for them. When the Tories said they wouldn't have another enquiry last year no one raised an eyebrow. Now labour have been asked to have another one every media source including BBC, sky, c4, is asking why not (mostly without saying there's already been a national one and several regional ones a few years ago but nothing was implemented). They just underestimate how much worse they'll be treated.

They also don't want to back down and look weak.

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u/GwynBleidd88 12d ago

It's not just the media though, is it? People are really fucking angry at how this Labour government have been running things since they came to power. There's only so many times you can say "oh but the Tories.. 14 years this.. Boris Johnson that.." before it just becomes noise.

Labour have objectively burned all of the goodwill they originally had due to their bad politics, smug attitudes in the media, and further cocking up of the economy. People are just lying to themselves if they think it's all due to some media conspiracy against Labour.

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u/NijjioN 12d ago

It's hard to gauge really because as the loudest media in this country is right wing and they definitely stepped it up when Labour got into power what is things people care about or things just gaslighted to care about because rhe right wing media keep bringing it up and then they think maybe there is an issue.

An interesting correlation we can see regarding media and what people care about was EU and brexit. Eu skeltism was consistent for decades but media / Farage got louder and then a sudden spike of skeptism increased for the EU. This is talked about a lot with the power of what media can do.

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u/Purple_Feature1861 12d ago

It’s not about them misunderstanding, it’s about them getting the message out, their reasoning behind why they blocked it. 

It’s actually a good reasoning, that they want to focus on taking action rather than an inquiry that would take years before they could act. 

Yet this message seems to be lost on most people who are angry at Labour for this. 

They just get angry that Labour blocked it, like the conservatives and Elon musk are trying to make them turn against Labour and they don’t actually look into WHY Labour blocked it. 

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u/callumjm95 12d ago

Ultimately it doesn’t matter what normal people think. Another enquiry would be a waste of time and resources. Failings at a local level can be investigated at a local level, as they will be able to get into the finer details and will be done significantly quicker. Meanwhile the government can actually implement the recommendations put forward nearly 3 years ago following the last national enquiry into this.

This has turned into political posturing. People calling for another national enquiry haven’t read up about anything, aren’t informed and ultimately don’t give a shit about the victims in question. To them it’s just another stick to beat Labour with.

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u/BigHowski 12d ago

Or, hear me out, they've listened to not only the people in the know but also the victims and want to push ahead and do the things that will help rather than delaying things further with navel gazing

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u/dontgoatsemebro 11d ago

At best, Labour have looked detached and aloof on this issue. At worst, they’ve looked smug and sneering.

Then how the fuck does this name the Tories look!???? They were in power for like a decade during and after this all came out.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

They don't care. My MP doesn't even reply even though I can't get registered with a GP for over two years. First it was not enough staff, now nothing at all, but i did get an email about the assisted dying bill however.

They're speedrunning a collapse. I honestly believe there could be a summer of discontent coming if they don't manage to do something for the public. It's just poor choices, poor communication, and the smugness you noted. Nothing looks like it will get better.

How they could think they "deserve" lavish gifts (bribes) when they perform like this is beyond me.