Quote from: Tepid T₂O on January 10, 2020, 10:19:27 PM
Now you don’t have to agree with her....
But if she’s to be a successful labour leader, she needs to fight labour’s corner in Scotland.
She has to challenge the SNP head on. Labour just haven’t done that in the last decade (you may not want that, I understand that, but for those of us that want a labour government it’s important to try to win some seats back in Scotland.)
She struck with a couple of things...
Firstly the idea of labour giving a stuff about people in Scotland. Labour had pretty much given the impression that they’d given up caring. I don’t think Phillips will win (or perhaps even should win right now) but I think that’s an important message.
Secondly tackling the SNPs record head on. Again, you may not agree, but as labour leader this needs to be the fight that is taken to the SNP. And for the record, the Scottish Curriculum for excellence is doing the exact opposite of what any serious educational research says works... so she’s got a point...
Clive Lewis is irrelevant because he’s not even going to get the votes of his own dinner party guests..
She needs to tackle SNP head on with ideas. Criticising them without providing an alternative is what they have been doing for years. The only thing she has proposed is 'being different' and being clear on constitutional policy.
She didn't say anything about education, she just said 'terrible record on public services'.
She also came across terribly, she was hesitant and sounded like she didn't know what to say.
I'm generally a fan of Phillips but that was a terrible interview.
Jess Philips is pretty irrelevant as well going by that criteria, she isn't going to win.
Have to agree with this (Elmo), Philips hasn't offered any credible alternatives at this juncture. Its just not going to win people over, I think its one of the reasons Labour lost to the Tories, if you just criticize something without offering any credible alternatives, you're fated to push people away. Note credible - what the general public think is credible is different from what policymakers might think is credible.
In contrast, all the SNP need to say is: Our public services are performing better than their equivalents in the rest of the UK. And they'd be right.
I do agree that the educational system is something that has to be looked at, but you're not going to win by mindlessly criticizing a, broadly, competent administration and political party without a robust alternative. You just come across as having nothing of substance and a bunch of moaners, not an attractive look for a political party!