These results are more than a warning for Keir Starmer and Labour — they signal a deeper collapse in the old order and a shift to Reform and the Greens
The first possible mistake will be to compare the result with expectations. Because some forecasts saw Labour losing 70 per cent of its seats, there might be reports which position losing, say, half their seats as a relief. Yet if a discrepancy does emerge between forecasts and outcome that is a piece of information only about forecasters. The information about Labour remains an utter disaster wherever in the range it lies.
Similarly the test for the Conservatives cannot be that they have failed to be utterly obliterated. It’s terrible for the main opposition party to be losing seats on this scale.
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