Britain’s Conservatives Are About to Lose Big

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Published 2024-06-27
Parliamentary elections on July 4th look bleak for Britain’s ruling Conservative Party. The Tories will almost certainly lose power for the first time in 14 years. And lose big. Polls show they could see the largest swing between the main parties in modern history. Rishi Sunak could possibly become the first sitting prime minister to lose their own seat in a general election.






So what have Conservatives done wrong? What has Labour done right? And as 2024 repeats 2016 with another pair of pivotal U.K. and U.S. votes, what can Americans look to learn from Britain?






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All Comments (21)
  • @user-us9cf7me6w
    Steve Bray deserves a knighthood for constantly calling these crooks out
  • @airingcupboard
    It's hard to a US audience to realise that the UK is pretty poor, has large wealth inequality and inequality in opportunity. The fact that some people are going to food banks to help serve their needs has become more visible. There is a feeling nothing really works any more, from trains to basic water treatment. Privatisations haven't worked out. The NHS has be underinvested in for years and has fallen behind. The country never really recovered from the 2008 credit crisis. With Brexit, growth is poor. Covid saw a massive amount of money end up in the hands of the rich who put it into assets. It's a big mess. If Labour can't handle the scale of the problems, then the way will be left open for ex bond trader 'man of the people' Farage.
  • @alistairkirk3264
    Bravo to Helen Lewis for summarising eight years of British politics from multiple angles in a few short minutes. I would have struggled!
  • @stevebell6057
    A good, informative listen - with just the facts. Pity that most here in the UK won't hear it.
  • @user-rc2xs5ti2w
    Pity bc conservatives are needed in England. The English people don’t know that?
  • @unkleskratch
    I've been following the election jabber over here since it started, and this is a great 'broad strokes' summary of what's going on - from a safe distance, so to speak.
  • @EmiSuperTrans71
    Well as a Brit listening to that even I am depressed the likes of Farage are still rated. Plus the import from the US if gender wars is pretty disgusting 🤮
  • @cennon
    I asked AI to show me a picture of a douchebag in human form and it showed a picture of Rishi Sunak.
  • @CCPCrusher
    Just look whose leading them. Bring back the smart people.
  • @jim6690
    Oh, please. There are no British conservatives. That's the problem with the Tories. The Tory motto is: "Like Labour, only slower".
  • @hllndsn1
    Sad how low The Atlantic has sunk since my yputh.
  • @MackerelCat
    Didn’t they notice? The uk election is on july 4, and the us election is nov 5 😅