Comment by dijit

1 day ago

our two party system means that more often than not you are voting against some party having power.

The left wing has been vote split for some time, now the tight wing is getting vote split.

It’s not a fair characterisation to say that the UK government is popular, the last actually popular government was probably Tony Blair (though many regret him in hindsight), though Boris had his followers I guess.

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rhdunn  1 day ago

I'd say it is the other way around. -- Support for the Tories/Conservatives has collapsed to the point where they are 4th or even 5th place! Reform have benefitted most from this shift. [1]-[4]

The left wing is seeing Labour voters shift to the Lib Dems, Greens, Jeremy Corbin's new party, and Reform.

[1] https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/services_lsdm.html (April)

[2] https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/ec_vipoll_20250625... (June)

[3] https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html (July)

[4] https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/ec_rrose_20250731.... (August)