Labour's addiction to woke agenda has left it unfit for office

‘To take office, Labour needs to win 123 seats on a 12 per cent swing’

- Leo McKinstry

IT WAS the slogan that captured the mood of the nation and propelled Margaret Thatcher to power. “Labour isn’t working”, proclaimed Tory posters during the 1979 General Election as Jim Callaghan’s government slid to a historic defeat after the Winter of Discontent.

Those words are just as resonant today. Labour still isn’t working. Having failed to win at the polls since 2005, the party remains in the wilderness, devoid of wide popularity or realistic policies.

Its inability to advance is one of the most remarkable features of modern British politics. This should be a golden period for the Opposition, given the range of severe problems that Boris Johnson’s Government faces, including accusations of sleaze, the migration crisis in the English Channel, pressures on living standards and the strain on the NHS.

Yet Labour keeps missing the chance to capitalize on all those Conservatives’ troubles. Even after the recent humiliations such as the Commons row over standards, the latest opinion polls show the two main parties are on level pegging.