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“If he’s so weak how did he…lead them to a rare Labour election victory.”
The outcome of the 2024 General Election was due to the old adage of governments losing elections rather than oppositions winning them. The key factor was the collapse in the Conservative vote, ensuring the party lost plenty of seats it would usually have won.
There was no great surge in popularity for Labour. In 2019, Corbyn’s party polled a fraction over 32% of the vote. Under Starmer, the share increased by only 1.6%. That was a very low percentage on which to win an election but the low turnout ensured a large majority under the first past the post rules.
Unfortunately for Starmer, this meant that regardless of his large majority in Parliament, his government was never that popular and started from a weak base. Once the government encountered difficulties as they all do, it didn’t take much for that weak support to ebb away.
Now there are opinion polls showing the government on 15% and Starmer’s personal ratings are through the floor. Given those circumstances, it is no great surprise that lots of Labour MPs would prefer to see a change. Otherwise they are going down to certain defeat.
There was no great surge in popularity for Labour. In 2019, Corbyn’s party polled a fraction over 32% of the vote. Under Starmer, the share increased by only 1.6%. That was a very low percentage on which to win an election but the low turnout ensured a large majority under the first past the post rules.
Yet people still defend this ludicrous system.
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