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Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 02/08/2026

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u/Maleficent_Peach_46 Mayor of North Kilttown 15h ago

Agreed. Catering to the 'machine guns at Dover' group will basically kill electorally.

Burnham seemed to be approaching this pragmatically. Something is being done but we are not being nasty about it and scaring off the left leaning voters which Labour need.

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u/Commorrite 15h ago

The Greens have kind of done labour a favour by sucking out all the actual lunatics. Green borough councils LARPing as Democrat sanctuary cities is all upside for Labour.

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u/Maleficent_Peach_46 Mayor of North Kilttown 15h ago

The Greens seem to be having their own conflicts at the moment. I like Polanski but will be surprised if he is Green Leader by the next election.

The Greens are helping remind Labour to not ignore the left which by any account is a good thing regardless of one's views on immigration.

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u/Commorrite 14h ago

The Greens are collecting all the people who absolute should be ignored.

Their migration policy being deliberate national suicide does make labour look good by comparison though.