It's mad that some people on here think that policies/ pledges/ manifesto's won't change due to pandemics, wars, extreme inflation, energy poverty etc, etc, etc, and then go on to criticise someone who is not even in power, or even had a vote on that yet, about having not enacted their pledges (which is impossible). Then they even further double down, banging on about 2015-2019, when they guy there enacted zero pledges, because he lost twice. The times then are even further detached from the reality of 2020, never mind now or 2025, draw a line under it and move on.
Times change, the situation changes, sometimes much quicker than others (now is the best example I've ever seen), so pledges, policies and priorities have to change, JC would have changed his list of pledges/ priorities too, and if he hadn't I'd have been asking why he's ignoring the key problems now.
It would be insane to talk about trying to fix old potholes when you've just had a meteor strike, followed by an earthquake. It would also be unwise to release a new list every month, as this would be easy for the Tories to attack.
It's absolutely critical that Labour aim to talk about how to tackle the key problems we're facing now, and hopefully the Tories enact some of them for the good of the UK. In some areas the Tories may even go one better, that's great, just take it and move on, and go after them for where they fall very short (there should be loads of chances).
We need to also keep an eye on what Labour could be dealing with, if/ when they take over in 2025, and it's likely that the situation will have changed considerably from now, so what they're talking about now may not even be a priority then, which is fine.
It's also likely that when the energy price settles (if it settles a lot lower), the Tories will get a bump in votes, the same as when the new leader comes in, they will probably also get a bump in votes, don't cry about it. I wasn't crying in Feb 21 when the Tories peaked high, I pointed out it was largely due to the good news/ vaccine rollout (even though by summer most nations would be the same), in fact I said that peak would soon wear off, and it did. The same people on here were crying back then about the predicted vote share, yet won't acknowledge the recent gains (highest share in 8 years I think), strange.
I can understand a little bit of in fighting in some circumstances (if you're in power and doing crap, if it's looking likely you won't win an election, if you lose an election, if you get battered in one, or if you're ignoring current major problems), but I just don't get it, when not in power, when polling so far ahead and especially after being so far behind.
Do people of sound mind whinge at Boro when we're 2-0 up at half time? Do they ask us to stick with the same team and tactics when we're 2-0 down with 10 minutes to go?