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‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton
(www.theguardian.com)
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I don't see any of those objections as being substantive to the point that Labour is making positive changes.
Your point about inflation is not exactly wrong, but calling 3.5% inflation "rampant" is overblown. How exactly could the government have changed this? You want them to have been investing and spending more, which is inflationary.
You then make some points some of which I certainly agree are wrong, but don't really stick to the point: if your party is in power and does something you disagree with, do you shout about it, harming your party, or put up with it as a cost of being in power? Merely emphasising that you disagree with those actions is beside the point because I'm not saying I agree with them.