Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by flir on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @07:27AM
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They lost the anti-immigration vote to Reform. That shows, to me, that the voters that cared about that topic could see the difference between their rhetoric and their actions.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by vidarh on Thursday November 07, 2024 @02:34AM
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Reform gutted the Tory party largely on anger over immigration the Tory party itself whipped up.
Their incredibly incompetent string of PMs didn't help, but without Reform spoiling, they'd at least still have had a shot.
Note how Labour didn't win this as much as the Tories lost it: Starmer got fewer votes than Corbyn. Starmer failed to attract more voters despite running against the most ridiculed government in modern British history. People didn't want Starmer, they wanted not-Tories, and on the right that meant voters fleeing to the anti immigrant Reform.
IMO the only reason the Tories didn't lose sooner was that the Labour party was also stuck with Corbyn.