Three by-elections: wasted opportunities for the Opposition

When you are trying to make a major political impact, you must ensure that candidates that are certain to win the election are heavyweight candidates. For whatever reason both Labour and Liberal Democrats play their cards wrongly. 

The Liberal Democrats chose a totally inexperienced 25 year-old and Labour chose a woman who can only perform well with soft interviewers. As soon as she was press for answers, she faltered. 

ULEZ was a major disaster for Labour in area in the outskirts of London where there are major difficulties for public transport and people are forced to use cards for their day to day activities and businesses. As it was expected, voters rejected Labour's ULEZ zone and gave the victory to the Conservative Party that maintained a strategic Parliamentary seat that was the now former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's seat. Labour wanted to make a good impression and failed miserably, courtesy of the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan that persists with his plan to include areas like Uxbridge as part of the ULEZ plan.

When you look at the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, he has the odds stuck against him. In an area where people are religious and traditionalists, the present himself as the man that thinks that women have penises. In an area where people unavoidably need vehicles to move around and to survive, Keir Starmer presents himself as the 'anti-car' candidate. Ordinary people who earn a meagre living don't need any more taxes, but Labour insists in creating new taxes at local level. Labour talks about parking permits to be paid for by local residents. ULEZ to be paid by local residents. Labour talks about company permits that will make local services a lot more expensive. In its elan to 'save the planet', Labour is sacrificing ordinary Britons. 

If finding jobs is difficult and especially for those with fewer skills, Labour wants to import more illegal immigrants. If finding accommodation is expensive and sometimes impossible to find, Labour wants more foreigners to take over the jobs done by local residents and more foreigners to take whatever accommodation is available leaving local residents with nowhere to live in. Labour supports cranky individuals that go around causing disturbance and preventing access to hospitals, to name a few of the things that a minute bunch of crackpots have been involved in.

When it comes to defend democracy, Labour is nowhere to be seen. Does Labour support closing bank accounts for political reasons? Well, Keir Starmer has kept quiet on this subject and this leads people to believe that he is very much in favour of political repression. As somebody stated, Keir Starmer keeps quiet because he has nothing to say.