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To: SImon Dankzuk (MP)
Prove that Simon Danczuk's mandate does not extend to undermining the leader of the labour party
Recognise that your electorate did not vote explicitly for a centrist Labour candidate- instead voting for you simply out of fear of an abhorrent Conservative regime. Recognise that your duty is to serve the democratically elected leader of your party, and that this is the only way you stand to hold onto the 12400 margin by which you won your seat in May.
Why is this important?
We can all agree that Labour's performance in May's election was demoralising. The reasons for the defeat are obvious. The centrists continue to obsess over the middle ground while failing to realise that they are losing the rest of us.
The majority of Labour voters still hold social democratic values (as indicated by Jeremy Corbyn's success in the leadership election). Many of these voters have continued to vote Labour since the 90s, despite the party moving ever further to the right. Why? the answer is simple: because Tory rule hurts them, because they are legitimately afraid of Conservative government, and Labour has always seemed like the only viable alternative.
However, inevitably a tipping point must be reached: a point at which Labour rule becomes just as abhorrent as Conservative rule. When people start to see this point being reached, they inevitably jump ship- realising that a vote for Labour no longer means anything (as an aside- to those who doggedly stand by the myth that Ed Milliband lost the election because he was too left wing: how is it that, by side stepping ever so slightly to the left- the Tories managed to hijack the majority of Ed Milliband's budgetary pledges in their post-election emergency budget?)
To summarise: Labour truly is facing anihilation. But that annihilation lies in continuing to court the marginal vote: because that is all that Labour will be left with before long- a narrow slice of the centre ground, and nothing else.
The true battle that Labour now faces is in appealing to the left.
Note: while all support is appreciated: this petition is directed primarily at Mr Danczuk's Rochdale constituents (the primary goal being: to gain 10000 or more signatures from his own electorate). Please include postcode.
The majority of Labour voters still hold social democratic values (as indicated by Jeremy Corbyn's success in the leadership election). Many of these voters have continued to vote Labour since the 90s, despite the party moving ever further to the right. Why? the answer is simple: because Tory rule hurts them, because they are legitimately afraid of Conservative government, and Labour has always seemed like the only viable alternative.
However, inevitably a tipping point must be reached: a point at which Labour rule becomes just as abhorrent as Conservative rule. When people start to see this point being reached, they inevitably jump ship- realising that a vote for Labour no longer means anything (as an aside- to those who doggedly stand by the myth that Ed Milliband lost the election because he was too left wing: how is it that, by side stepping ever so slightly to the left- the Tories managed to hijack the majority of Ed Milliband's budgetary pledges in their post-election emergency budget?)
To summarise: Labour truly is facing anihilation. But that annihilation lies in continuing to court the marginal vote: because that is all that Labour will be left with before long- a narrow slice of the centre ground, and nothing else.
The true battle that Labour now faces is in appealing to the left.
Note: while all support is appreciated: this petition is directed primarily at Mr Danczuk's Rochdale constituents (the primary goal being: to gain 10000 or more signatures from his own electorate). Please include postcode.
