I see. So just the wrong kind of electorate then? LOL. Keep on with that line. It's working a treat!

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

The hatred has come almost exclusively from the Left, ever since 2016.

Gammon (which I love btw), racist, bigot, etc.etc.

Constant and never-ending abuse aimed at people who the Labour Party should be desperate to court. If Labour want to win power in the next 3 decades, they need lots of people who voted Leave to switch over to them. And yet you despise them. Utterly loathe them.

Throw in all the woke BS (apparently, the latest manifestation is to label pregnant women as 'birthing people', as used by members of the US Congress) and the Left are done. Finished.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Starmer is the problem. Given his role in the second referendum lunacy, he is spoilt goods. Labour needs people who voted Leave in 2016 to start supporting them. Starmer was instrumental in proposing then pushing a policy that effectively spat in their faces.

Just the choice of the candidate Labour put up for Hartlepool, which recorded the highest % vote for Leave, tells you all you need to know about how useless, and out of touch, Starmer is.

Labour are not at a cross-roads. They are in a sink-hole that is only growing deeper everyday and until they realise that it is not being helped by their own digging, they are on life-support.

If Labour cannot hold Hartlepool, even by a single vote let along that huge margin, it is game over for almost their entire leadership structure.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Locals looking good for you already. Some impressive wins as things stand.

Can you ever recollect an election day like yesterday when a Government, on the back of being in power for over 10 years, increases its share of council seats?

It is quite staggering. Mind-blowing really.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Make sure you lock up when you go out Willo.

The PCC doesn't need to exist without crime figures.

Living down here does have some advantages. At least you can see them cry.

The deciding factor will be the Unions. The Labour party are in some deep financial merde at the moment and if the TU's threaten to cut off the funding then its game over.

Problem for Labour is which way do they go?

Yes, Corbyn did bloody well in 2017. But on the back of appearing at least to have a principled position on the back of the Brexit vote. That good-will has been destroyed and there is not a single Left-wing candidate to replace Starmer who did not cheer on the switch to a second referendum position from the roof tops.

Andy Burnham is the only possible choice for them. The question is does he want to give up his Mayoralty, where he is predicted to do bloody well when the votes are added up, to take over perhaps the worse job in British politics?

And can they even get him in place before 2024 in time to make a difference?

Starmer is done. But who else is there from the PLP to replace him? The only one person I can think of is Lisa Nandy who made the right calls on Brexit but has she got the wider nous/charisma to turn it around?

The PLP is bereft of any real talent and almost none who are not tainted by evens of the last 5 years.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.