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Re: Sir Keir’s Kerfuffle
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Originally Posted by Chris
Or Labour’s lambasting? There are any number of ways to describe the utter mess Labour is in after last night. Hartlepool wasn’t just a loss, it was an absolute evisceration.
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Interesting comment in the Times today.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/h...tion-cddx0m9z5
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But there is also a second reason for the strong Conservative showing — the collapse in support for the Brexit Party.
In 2019 the party’s leader, Richard Tice, came a close third in Hartlepool with 10,603 votes.
Following a rebrand to Reform UK, however, the party picked up a paltry 368 votes.
Early results suggest this pattern has replicated across the country.
The Tories have effectively neutered the threat from parties to their right, while simultaneously bringing in hoards of new voters from the left.
The Hartlepool result tells us that the 2019 general rlection result was not a one-off. It was just the beginning of a huge realignment in British politics that still has some way to go.
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The Conservatives have also gained Northumberland County Council and Dudley County Council from NOC.
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I thought this comment on Twitter was quite apposite.
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@francesweetman
The Tories’ primary skill is reinventing itself. Labour’s primary problem is that it is stuck romanticising about an era that died with the collapse of manufacturing and the rise of the internet.
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And a good reply
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@jamesasm
Replying to @francesweetman
Bingo. Labour has no representation from legions of gig, online, office & tech workers and businesses. They seem to just not understand them, or not want to. Labour can't win by just appealing to NHS and traditional workers.
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Last edited by Hugh; 07-05-2021 at 12:20.
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