08-05-15, 11:40 PM
This should have been a stroll in the park for Labour,
But here's VNA's analysis of why they lost it;
1. The Labour party did not back their leader.
Forget all the crap about his geekyness and the press being on his back. Wee Eck didn't exactly have a great public image and he much much more bad press than Ed, but he had his party 100% behind him.
2. They backed the wrong team in Scotland. They put Jim Murphy in charge - ordinary people saw straight through him. A man who stands today for all he fought against for the last ten years, and he thought he could bribe a slice of the electorate with the offer of a pint at the football. Now if they had of put Neil Findlay in charge with Katie Clark as deputy, well it wouldn't be great but they might have hung on to half their Scottish seats.
3. Same problem as above, the Labour party is in turmoil, they need to stand for something, move to the left and stop trying to be the pale blue tory party. Ed was the right man but they wouldn't get behind him.
4. Scotland. The Tory's played the Labour party being in coalition game with the SNP brilliantly. Nicola Sturgeon presented as the most dangerous woman in the land, and so forth. Labour failed to hit back and people bought this nonsense. The media seemed to overlook the fact that the Conservatives would dump into bed with the DUP in a flash - apparently that's OK. The downside to this is, having insulted Scotland in order to win a majority, will Dave now be the man that loses the union?
What a result for the SNP though. Perhaps Labour, Lib Dems and the Tories will share a single mini cab to get to London. Ho ho.
But here's VNA's analysis of why they lost it;
1. The Labour party did not back their leader.
Forget all the crap about his geekyness and the press being on his back. Wee Eck didn't exactly have a great public image and he much much more bad press than Ed, but he had his party 100% behind him.
2. They backed the wrong team in Scotland. They put Jim Murphy in charge - ordinary people saw straight through him. A man who stands today for all he fought against for the last ten years, and he thought he could bribe a slice of the electorate with the offer of a pint at the football. Now if they had of put Neil Findlay in charge with Katie Clark as deputy, well it wouldn't be great but they might have hung on to half their Scottish seats.
3. Same problem as above, the Labour party is in turmoil, they need to stand for something, move to the left and stop trying to be the pale blue tory party. Ed was the right man but they wouldn't get behind him.
4. Scotland. The Tory's played the Labour party being in coalition game with the SNP brilliantly. Nicola Sturgeon presented as the most dangerous woman in the land, and so forth. Labour failed to hit back and people bought this nonsense. The media seemed to overlook the fact that the Conservatives would dump into bed with the DUP in a flash - apparently that's OK. The downside to this is, having insulted Scotland in order to win a majority, will Dave now be the man that loses the union?
What a result for the SNP though. Perhaps Labour, Lib Dems and the Tories will share a single mini cab to get to London. Ho ho.