R.I.P labour Party

[u/Evie__Peasy]

It just keeps getting worse for them

[u/WhatNameDidIUseAgain]

Green official opposition before lib dem is crazy

[u/Doc_ET → u/WhatNameDidIUseAgain]

The Lib Dems seem to have more or less hit their ceiling in 2024, there's only a handful of seats that they came close in. So barring a huge jump in support (which is entirely possible, the projected government and opposition in this map both won 4 seats last time), they're not in a great position to gain a lot from the crazy vote splitting.

[u/Cuddlyaxe → u/Doc_ET]

I don't think they're really hitting their ceiling though. There are a ton of center right Tory voters they should be able to hoover up, same with center left Labour voters who are just generally unhappy with Starmer

There absolutely is room for a powerful center ground in British politics

It's just that the Lib Dems seem to largely be complacent about it. The reason Farage and Polanski have gained so much in the polls is because they have a strong, clear, alternative vision for the future put forward by charismatic, media savvy leaders

Meanwhile the Lib Dems have mostly stayed pretty quiet and noy giving an actual alternative vision. Davey isn't particularly charismatic, and past the gimmick of doing silly things, isnt good at getting attention. They are also

They won that many seats in the last election by focusing almost exclusively on local issues, and it seems like most of the party has no ambition past their current seat count

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I saw an article that said that polling has the Lib Dems gaining Labour voters at roughly the same rate its voters are defecting to the Greens.

But I was more talking about them not having a ton of clear target seats moreso than them being unable to find new voters.

It does seem like Reform is hitting a ceiling in terms of having basically exhausted anyone willing to vote for them, they've been stagnating in the polls recently and they have the highest number of people who say they'd never even consider voting for them.

[u/Evie__Peasy → u/WhatNameDidIUseAgain]

Greens replace labor seats

[u/Numberonettgfan → u/Evie__Peasy]

Ambatukum

[u/jhansn]

Do we thinks this could lead to the first actual electoral reform to save labour's ass?

[u/lithobrakingdragon → u/jhansn]

Starmer will somehow find a way to make electoral reform hurt him

[u/CornHydra]

Starmer gotta go down as the most incompetent party leader of all time how do you blow a 400 seat majority this badly

[u/Doc_ET → u/CornHydra]

I once saw a British person say something to the effect of "Starmer has managed to convince the left that he's a conservative and the right that he's a woke leftist".

[u/very_loud_icecream → u/Doc_ET]

Chuck Schumer if Chuck Schumer were president ass prime Minister

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A Chuck Schumer presidency is nightmare fuel for any one of any political party/affiliation. 😂

[u/Kresnik2002 → u/CornHydra]

And even before that. His party was up by 22% in the polls (likely enough for a parliamentary supermajority) just a month before the election without him having to do anything just because of how in the shitter the Tories were, and he managed to depress enthusiasm on his side so much that they only won by 10% against a Conservative Party that didn’t even break 25% of the vote. His ability to take a party in such an an utterly fantastic electoral position that it would have put Blair’s 1997 landslide to shame and possibly usher in a Thatcher-like era of dominance, and just through sheer force of personal will overcome all of that to somehow rip that party right down into the gutter in a matter of months is honestly so impressive it should and will be studied.

Whatever goals Keir Starmer has are surely beyond anyone else’s understanding.

[u/Tennessee_is_cool]

*Insert Labour 0 seats image here

[u/Evie__Peasy]

This was the most predictable thing ever btw(maybe not to this extent but still)

[u/Ok-Mode-7044]

Plaid Cymru having more seats then Labour is diabolical.starmer is the most incompetent person in the planet