On 6th May the Labour Party and our media went on a rampage to declare Labour as the big winners of the 2022 elections, and it was now only a matter of time before Keir Starmer became the Prime Minister. I was amazed. For a minute I thought I was in a parallel universe, and everything had changed. However, it didn’t take long for me to assess the data and conclude that both the Labour Party and our leftist media were not being entirely honest, as usual.
So let’s start with the facts. Labour did win many new seats across the UK. The Conservatives did lose many seats, obvious I know. However, all is not what it seems. You see, in England where we have the vast majority of voters, Labour gained only around 22 seats (that represents an increase of a 1.0%!). Whereas the Liberal Democrats got around 192 more, and the Greens getting around 63 more. In England there was a clear protest vote against the Tories, and this went to the minor parties. Labour will tell you this was all part of a master plan, but don’t be misled. The truth is simple, history shows us that at the time of a general election most of the protest votes tend to go back to the main party.
In Scotland Labour gained 20 seats, but the Liberal Democrats got an extra 20 with the Greens getting 16 more. Only in Wales, which has always been the bedrock for Labour, did they do well at the expense of the Tories.
There is no doubt the Conservatives got a bloody nose in these elections. That was to be expected given it’s the mid-term, and with the challenges of COVID, the massive pressure on our finances, the over-the-top attacks on ‘party-gate’, the biased anti-Tory campaigns by the media, the anti-Boris and the anti-Rishi campaigns, and the impact of the Ukraine war on the cost of our energy and essential items. When you consider all of this, one wonders why Labour did not destroy the Tories? Relative to this expectation one can only conclude that whilst the Tories lost many seats, Labour was not the winner.
For the Tories this was a wake-up call. No doubt they will take stock and come back fighting. They always do.
For Labour, it would be a huge error if they over celebrate an average performance and make it out to be what it is not. Lest they forget, the red wall votes they lost at the last general election have still not come back. And therein they have their big challenge. The traditional Labour voters do not trust their own party. They object to its core policy of appeasement, something that Keir Starmer has hitherto been reluctant to tackle head on.
The most astonishing result must be Harrow Council which finally became Tory, all thanks to the local Indian Tory candidates who have worked with the grassroots since 2010. A clear message for places like Leicester to get their act together!
Overall, it was good to see so many candidates from our community take part in these elections. It’s important for them to remember that once elected they should use that platform to also challenge the anti-India forces.
Dr Neeraj Patil of ‘Hindus for Labour’ said, ‘In all probability there will be a Labour Government in 2024 with Kier Starmer as Prime Minister'. I fear he is rather too optimistic in his assessment. The people in the know, know that Labour have a lot more to do before getting anywhere near Number 10.
To me it seems, ‘Conservatives are for Hindus’, whereas in Labour, it’s still ‘Hindus for Labour’. Until Labour also becomes ‘Labour for Hindus’, and shows that with practical deeds, I suspect the haemorrhaging of the Indian and Hindu vote will continue. After all, why would any Indian vote for a party that is pro-Pakistan and anti-India?
