Will Liz Truss become the shortest-served PM in British history? Update: Yep!

[Bofferbrauer2]

Eagle367 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Labour needs some bit of a counterweight, lest they'll feel untouchable and their policies will become shitty. Hence why I just said somewhat: Enough to make some opposition so Labour's success won't go to their heads, but not enough to become a real contender anymore.

They need a counterweight from the left, not from the Tories. Maybe a new party could rise. Tories should just die.

A counterweight only on the left would result in Labour becoming Labour in name only as it will slouch rightwards to catch those voters to beat the more leftwing party. A similar thing has happened in several countries, where Labour/Socialist/Social Democrat named parties are actually center-right or even right-wing parties.

Also, the Tories still useful as a bad example to point to.