Labour's shallow victory
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Published 2024-07-05
British headlines this morning were all about the Labour Party's landslide victory in the UK general election. But take a closer look at the numbers, and there's another story under the surface. UnHerd's Political Editor Tom McTague joins Freddie Sayers to dive into the data.
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All Comments (21)
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Labour will be a shitshow
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The reason we have such low voter turnout is because People think it is a waste of time, as whoever you vote for, you only get either Conservative or Labour.
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Starmer said he wont rejoin the EU...? But Starmer has proven multiple times that he''ll say anything at the time that he thinks people want to hear.
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The headline should have been "FPTP throws up yet another absurdly unfair distribution of seats to votes". Time for a change of system.
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That Harriet Harman is now being considered by the Labour Party to become the next chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a VERY BAD SIGN of things to come
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Reform has 5 now after a recount in Basildon and East Thurrock
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'Davos over Westminster' Starmer...lovely.
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Well, one things certain, massive immigration.
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I don't think anyone can think it is fair and correct that Labour has 150 plus majority on a third of the vote. Also Starmer got less votes Corbyn, hardly a ringing endorsement.
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It's interesting that in his constituency, Keir Starmer's majority HALVED - apparently, this has never happened before to an incoming PM
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Great dialogue guys. I love how you prove it’s possible to have enlightened conversation about multiple political factions without denigrating anyone…. See BBC, it can be done 😮
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David Lammy as Foreign Secretary? Surely he’s the first to be sacked.
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Labour won with Less than 20% of the eligible people to vote
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We welcome Keir Starmer as Prime Minister the same way we welcome a haemorrhoid.
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It is a fundamental error to believe that 'Reform took votes away from the Tories'. I was a Tory voter and if Reform hadn't been there I would not have voted at all. The Tories abandoned conservative values and left the field empty for Reform. In my opinion there is no way back for the Tory (centre left) party. It remains to be seen if Reform can occupy the centre right successfully.
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I predict…. -Increased immigration -Another war -continued high inflation particularly on food and fuel -increased minimum wage which will contribute to inflation -increased council tax -reduced freedom of movement especially in cars
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Look out now for Davos/Wef policies to be made UK law
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Puppets change, hand remains the same.
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Anything Labour can do covertly that they said they would not do? THEY WILL DO.
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"First Past the Post" is an excellent way of racing horses, but an abysmal way of voting for representative legislatures.
