For only two periods in Labour's 124-year history has it had huge parliamentary majorities: from 1945 to 1950 and 1997 to 2005...For the Conservatives to warn about the dangerous monopoly power of a Labour supermajority...is shameless even by their standards.
If the polls are right, the 2024 election and the Starmer supremacy that may follow could become legends that Labour lives off for decades. However...a giant Labour majority would also bring new tensions and contradictions to our politics.
The most obvious contradiction is the likely mismatch between Labour's share of the vote...and the much greater proportion of seats Starmer's party is likely to win. Such mismatches are a constant feature of our flawed electoral system.
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