This is very worrying for Labour - and for hopes of kicking out the Tories.
The swing against the Tories was lower than the average swing against every single government since 1997.
Lower, in the fact, than the by elections of 2017-2019, and we all know how that ended.
The swing against the Tories was lower than the average swing against every single government since 1997.
Lower, in the fact, than the by elections of 2017-2019, and we all know how that ended.
https://twitter.com/jamesjohnson252/status/1466686299012841474
The Tories are in a huge mess over corruption and broken promises, and they’ve presided over a catastrophic handling of COVID.
Labour should be tearing them to shreds.
Labour should be tearing them to shreds.
Some of the responses are so delusional it’s frightening.
Oppositions do better as a rule in by elections than they do in general elections.
You can see that from the graph. It’s right there, at the top of the thread. By election swings aren’t replicated at general elections.
Oppositions do better as a rule in by elections than they do in general elections.
You can see that from the graph. It’s right there, at the top of the thread. By election swings aren’t replicated at general elections.
As for all the people telling me I’m really a Tory / why don’t I go and join the Tories - I would strongly argue the Tories would prefer Labour to ignore its failings and listen to leadership loyalists on Twitter pretending everything is actually fine
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