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  • Brexit Party stood over 300 candidates down for Tories in 2019 in a deal with Johnson - why are none of the professional analysts factoring this in? The swing to them is overstated. They need to be compared with older UKIP vote shares.

  • It'll come with time as more detailed analyses emerge. It (Brexit party) also needs to be factored into Labour's win. From the broad view, this seems to be a repeat of their performance in 2019 (the difference being the split vote on the right). Farage won the election for the Tories in 2019, and cost them it this year.

    I know there's a bit of anti-electoral reform reaction to the popular vote, but the idea of one man being able to do that should give everyone some thought. The electoral system needs to be reformed.

  • One man who had a great deal of media attention and financial backing from very dodgy sources.

  • The electoral system needs to be reformed.

    Yep - still this. The country isn't a 2 party state any longer. Ignoring the 2 brexit elections, the vote share for Labour and Cons has been declining for ages now and FPTP doesn't really work.
    A Lab/Lib/Green coalition would be good I would hope, bringing more focus on climate issues etc, but also acknowledge that Con/Ref coalition would be fucking horrendous.

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