THE campaign for the 2024 general election has already started, according to Labour MP Russell-Moyle.
The MP for Brighton Kemptown told GB News that the Conservatives have resorted to copying Labour in an effort to remain in power.
He said: “Imitation is the best form of flattery and we do see this quite often with the Conservatives. The only good thing is that they do things that they’ve ripped off from the Labour Party.
“But on your substantive question, has the general election started? Well, the answer is yes.”
“Those of you who remember the 2015 elections and the 2010 elections, both of which were full term elections, the election campaign started over a year before the elections.
“And they were long and they were tiresome and they ground us all down.”
He added: “I remember as a candidate in the 2015 election and as a lead organiser in 2010. So I do suspect – we all think we’re going to have a full term parliament or thereabouts in the current thinking, and so that does mean election campaigns are starting and we will see more of this.
“More of the jostling and announcements coming out about the vision, in Labour’s case, rebuilding this country using public and private means to ensure that we re-base our economy and the dignity that has been lost under this government.
“But you know, the conservatives will lay out their pitch as well, I’m sure.”
Asked by Tom Harwood if we will see the two main parties increasingly posturing in Parliament, Mr Russell-Moyle said: “The problem is they posture or they legislate on things that are popular with the masses, but not necessarily the things that are most needed.
“So for example, the Government has a renters’ reform bill that they have proposed, they’ve got a green paper of it, they have drawn it all up, they’ve prepared all the wording and actually it’s got cross-party support.
“And we know that there is a huge crisis in the rental and private housing market that needs regulation and coordination. Everyone kind of agrees on that across all sides of the house.”
He added: “But as we know, in almost every constituency, the purality are homeowners without a mortgage in this country.
“And so what suddenly happens is the parties ditch some of those things that might be needed, just looking for what will gain the plurality in every single constituency.
“So you do end up getting really perverse pieces of legislation that aren’t necessary for what the country needs, but what the parties think might just top them over the edge in each constituency.”
