Matt N
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While this was the case, Starmer’s vote share was higher than Corbyn’s in 2019, and he did still get a lot more votes than any other party in this particular election. So his victory is no less valid than anyone else’s in the circumstances.20% of people went out and voted for Labour yesterday. That is lower than Corbyn in the 2019 so-called historic defeat where Starmer and others were to blame for the loss due to the stupidity of talking about a second Brexit vote, let alone the 2017 election under Corbyn.
We will see if Starmer is clever enough to survive more than one term. There is huge work to be done.
I do agree that Labour’s coalition of support could be fragile as a result of the considerable number of marginal seats compared to usual, but I think Starmer’s victory is just as applaudable as anyone else’s given the circumstances. Yes, his vote share was low for a majority government, but that was likely due in part to the absolute collapse in the Conservative vote share and the fragmenting of votes across a number of different parties compared to usual.
In a possibly related note, I also have my suspicions that an unusually high prevalence of anti-Tory tactical voting may have played a role in Labour’s low vote share; many of the folks who voted for the Liberal Democrats or Green Party may have been broadly supportive of a Labour government and simply voted Lib Dem or Green as it was the tactical choice in their constituency.
On a side note, why is Starmer’s cabinet choosing poor? I don’t see anything wrong with his choices myself.