Bonfire of the verities

IT IS TOO PAINFUL TO WATCH. CONSERVATIVES are still agonising about the meaning of the General Election of July 2024, but the statistical writing on the wall is clear enough to everyone else. Their party’s share of the votes cast dropped from 43.6 in 2019 to 23.7 per cent. Even in such a transformative crisis, Labour’s share increased only marginally, from 32.1 to 33.7 per cent; in his own constituency Sir Keir Starmer secured half the number of votes he won in 2019. Despite this unique opportunity to inherit the earth, the Lib Dems picked up not nearly enough seats to become the official Opposition, let alone form the government; generally, their voters reasonably assumed that the party had changed its name to None of the Above. The national turnout…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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