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Keir Starmer's United Kingdom

Recent polls are showing a pretty giant surge for the UK Green Party especially among youth voters:


There's so much more to that poll, such as it is.............including, of course, the distortionist effects of FPTP.

The Greens are up to 17%....... hold on......that's first place! Let that sink in...........17% is the largest vote total ...

Meanwhile, as their vote is not terribly efficient that would finish a distant third in seats...........

Reform.....the Farage led party that can be described as a carny-operation.......

Would in theory, be set to form gov't with just 130 seats....which the article describes as a 'landslide' in a 650 seat parliament..........

What is not wrong with all of, the electorate system, the electorate, and the would-be elected when any, let alone all of this is the case?
 
There's so much more to that poll, such as it is.............including, of course, the distortionist effects of FPTP.

The Greens are up to 17%....... hold on......that's first place! Let that sink in...........17% is the largest vote total ...

Meanwhile, as their vote is not terribly efficient that would finish a distant third in seats...........

Reform.....the Farage led party that can be described as a carny-operation.......

Would in theory, be set to form gov't with just 130 seats....which the article describes as a 'landslide' in a 650 seat parliament..........

What is not wrong with all of, the electorate system, the electorate, and the would-be elected when any, let alone all of this is the case?
Though I do not follow UK politics much, it is clear that the political landscape there is in turmoil. The Conservative Party are on life support, the Labour Party are in free-fall with a remarkably unpopular leader and the Reform Party (who are doing quite well as they have a very committed base) are the descendants of the Brexit firebrands - though most people now wish they had NOT voted for Brexit. Many of the smaller parties are seeing increases in support - primarily because their former choices are now out of favour.
 
Well predicted by Gary Stevenson who has been doing a bunch of podcasts about wealth inequality.
 
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This feels very Trudeauy circa December 2024 doesn't it?



 
This feels very Trudeauy circa December 2024 doesn't it?



That jumped to my mind, but it also feels very Australia.
Australia has had six different PM's in the past 15 years (Trudeau was PM for nine years), and multiple times it changed not because of an election but because of a party insurrection.
Their government has the backbenchers backstab their leaders all the time, and then they in-turn do it again to the new leader they supported to take over.
 
...save Trudeau never really reached out to far right elements in hopes they would vote for his party the way Starmer had.
Well what I mean is that we're starting to see the momentum build towards removing Starmer just like it slowly did last fall for Trudeau.. when it was Johnson or Truss it was a lot faster. Ans above his disapproval at 79% us on par with the Trudeau numbers a year ago, if not worse.
 

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