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Labour got 9% less than 2019 and 25% less than 2017, there's more than just Brexit party voters going Tory problems going on.
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But also turnout -15% vs 2019 so fewer votes to go round. I agree it's shit, but my point is that it was already shit in 2019, but they got away with it.
Anyway - the rest of the results also look fucking awful for Labour so far, so I don't expect Starmer to last long now. Time for Nandy or Raynor probably. -
Not to mention that those voters were the ones Starmer was apparently courting with all the flag stuff etc.
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While the Hartlepool result is objectively terrible, in the last GE there was only a Lab win because the Brexit party split the tory vote. BP + Tory was roughly the same majority over Labour as in this by-election. It's not like the signs weren't there.
(just repeating what Bleak said really)