Is Politics Shifting Unnoticed?

[naomi24]

With Boris Johnson's huge victory bolstered by ex-Labour voters in the last General Election and now an exclusive Telegraph poll which reveals that 81 per cent of the nearly 60,000 readers who voted said that Lee Anderson was right to join Reform UK, is the political scene shifting away from its now ineffectual tedium?   Could it be that both Labour and the Conservatives are going to be in for a shock next time around?

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/12/reform-uk-lee-anderson-general-election-conservatives-poll/

[ichkeria]

Not really. I'm not at all surprised that most people thought Mr Anderson did the right thing. It depends why they thought it. I for example as previously explained, despite not caring for him or that party, also think it was tge right thing because he plainly is more at home in such a party and frankly IMO is no loss to the Tories despite the loss for now of an MP. People in the Tory party many of them on the other hand will be glad to see the back of him. Etc

Other than that our voting system is not conducive to lots of small fragmented parties and I have often heard people hear complaining that if we did have such a system we'd end up with weak coalitions and extreme politicians in government - like for example Fico in Slovakia who is PM on 25% of the vote.

So be careful what you wish for: but it's not that long ago people were saying the Tory party was finished and not long before that Labour would never return to power ...

[davebro3]

Countries with fragmented governance seemto survive. Maybe coalitions aren't such a bad thing.

[jno]

this was a poll of self-selected Telegraph readers. Statistically it's completely meaningless except to Telegraph editors who want to know where to aim their product.

[ichkeria]

I'm not against coalitions but the logical conclusion of the sentiments  in the OP suggest a system that frankly works lead to chaos. All political parties that hope to govern well should embrace a range of views. Andrew Bridgen has already left Reclaim because he didn't like the direction it was going. You can have too much of a good thing 😀

[gulliver1]

drmorgans @ 11.00 Perceived competence of Starmer and his team.

....Spot on.. Thats what will win Labour the General Election

YMB @ 14.52"Many voters lent their votes to  Boris to get Brexit done ...and now they know that they were well and truly done,, they will never ever Trust or vote Tory Again.

[youngmafbog]

Well since they had no intention in the first place its no loss to the Tories is it?

But Labour might lose out as many Labour supporters are sick of the LINO Party and may well drift to Reform type party's.