A party winning absolute power on just over a third of the vote, was always going to find the going rough. The next election could see an even more unfair result. Faith in politics and political solutions to our society's problems will dwindle further.
The other side of time--which is the reason Sunak called the election for July and not later--is that other parties of your ideological ilk (Lib Dems, Greens, and perhaps the Corbyn party and SNP/Plaid) can take the initiative. One wonders how bad it could get if the Lib Dems started polling ahead of Labour, which is hardly a crazy scenario at this point.
As the saying goes- you only get one chance to make a first impression. Sadly Keir Starmer's as PM has been terrible and it's difficult to see how he can claw it back even if (and it's a big if) people feel better off over the next couple of years.
The issue is that "change" has to mean something tangible and Labour came into office with no ideas for change. The King's Speech was filled with waffle. Nobody has a scooby how to enact change
A party winning absolute power on just over a third of the vote, was always going to find the going rough. The next election could see an even more unfair result. Faith in politics and political solutions to our society's problems will dwindle further.
The other side of time--which is the reason Sunak called the election for July and not later--is that other parties of your ideological ilk (Lib Dems, Greens, and perhaps the Corbyn party and SNP/Plaid) can take the initiative. One wonders how bad it could get if the Lib Dems started polling ahead of Labour, which is hardly a crazy scenario at this point.
As the saying goes- you only get one chance to make a first impression. Sadly Keir Starmer's as PM has been terrible and it's difficult to see how he can claw it back even if (and it's a big if) people feel better off over the next couple of years.
The issue is that "change" has to mean something tangible and Labour came into office with no ideas for change. The King's Speech was filled with waffle. Nobody has a scooby how to enact change
No, this is the worst poll of your life
Very helpful analysis. Thank you.
Thanks for setting things out so clearly.