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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by chgs on Sunday July 21, 2024 @05:23PM (#41028252)
Depends if you consider Tory as “far right” now and not a decade ago.

Farage got 12.6% in 2015 and 14.3% in 2024. That’s not a massive increase. Tory vote meanwhile fell from 37% to 19%

On the centre-left side, In 2015 Lib/Lab got 38%, by 2025 that had increased to 46%

On the left side the greens increased from 4% to 6.5%

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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by fakedang on Sunday July 21, 2024 @05:40PM (#41028420)
To be honest, the UK elections might be parliamentary, but they have a very Presidential character to them, just as is the case in India and Canada. People still vote for the PM face. This time, they didn't want to vote in Rishi. Put Boris Johnson on the ticket, and I'm certain the results would have been extremely different.
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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by chgs on Sunday July 21, 2024 @06:30PM (#41028860)
Not round here, massive support fur incumbant local mp even from those that vote another way at council elections
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