The problem is the trend. Reform growing means that the Tories will likely go (even further) right to meet them. Farage is already eyeing up becoming leader the Conservatives.
Not necessarily. Obviously the majority of the seats are going to Labour. Those are the voters they need to win back. They’re not going to do that by appealing to Reform voters.
Labour is winning so many seats because Reform is splitting the right vote. The Tories did so well in 2019 because Reform agreed not to field any candidates to stop Corbyn.
its not about 13 seats. They got more than half the vote share the conservatives had. If the conservatives wanna win that voteshare back, they are gonna need to move even further right, which is worrying.
Reform 4th biggest party in england surpassing the SNP. Terrible news for the long term prospects of the country.
Although in the medium term, this labour majority will be a breath of fresh air.
A party that wants to leave the UK losing seats is bad for the long-term prospects of the country? 🤔
A party like Reform getting even a single seat is bad for the long-term prospects of this country.
Well obviously Lemmy would say this, but a single seat is meaningless. Even 13 (if true) means they don’t exactly have a huge amount of power.
The problem is the trend. Reform growing means that the Tories will likely go (even further) right to meet them. Farage is already eyeing up becoming leader the Conservatives.
Not necessarily. Obviously the majority of the seats are going to Labour. Those are the voters they need to win back. They’re not going to do that by appealing to Reform voters.
Labour is winning so many seats because Reform is splitting the right vote. The Tories did so well in 2019 because Reform agreed not to field any candidates to stop Corbyn.
Do you care that the DUP has seats?
No, reform will be equally meaningless.
I think the main issue the tories lost wasn’t because of a sudden trend towards leftism, but because of how ridiculously corrupt they became
its not about 13 seats. They got more than half the vote share the conservatives had. If the conservatives wanna win that voteshare back, they are gonna need to move even further right, which is worrying.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
I’m not talking about SNP loosing seats but about reform winning seats.
And I’m talking about the prospects of the citizens of the united kingdom, not a political structure.
When the party that is gaining seats is led by Nigel Farage, one of the front men of the disastrous lie that was brexit, yes.