This is not great is it? There’s a lot of thinking to be done…..
#GE24 #GeneralElectionUK
#VoterTurnoutUK2024

Lowest turnout in UK general election since universal suffrage, report shows • InView.org.uk • Independent News
https://inview.org.uk/news/176399-lowect_turnout_in_uk_general_election_since_universal_suffrage_report_shows

In #GeneralElectionUK 2024:

3 in 5 electors voted;
1 in 5 electors voted #Labour;
1 in 20 voted Labour because they liked the Labour offering;
1 in 200 voted Labour because they liked Keir #Starmer's leadership.

This is not the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius!

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49947-why-are-britons-voting-labour

I'm looking for detailed analysis of the exit poll. Five years ago I could ask Google and I'd get right to the data immediately. Now, all Google will offer is fluff and trivia from tabloids.

Anyone know where I can get a summary the actual data? I want to know what voters' motivations for voting for each party where

#GeneralElectionUK
#ArtificialStupidity

"Democracy is starting to look almost as fragile as the rainforest. Politicians in the traditional parties will not face the fact that they are no longer living in the stable climate in which that political system was created. The right wants to go back to a past that no longer exists. The left wants to move towards a future that it will not dare to fund"

#ClimateEmergency
#GeneralElectionUK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/04/far-right-using-climate-crisis-as-bogeyman-to-frighten-voters-and-build-higher-walls

Memento Starmer, auch du wohnst nur von Larrys Gnaden in 10 Downing St.

#GeneralElectionUK #larrythecat #caturday

NB: Faragists who have suddenly become interested in psephology and theorise #Reform deserve 94 seats based on the percentage of votes they won:

"It is important to note from the outset that it is impossible to predict with certainty what electoral results under different voting systems would be. This projection is merely an indication of what the results of this general election [...] could have looked like using a different electoral system."

#GeneralElectionUK

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/how-the-2024-election-could-have-looked-with-proportional-representation/

I've just signed this petition from the Electoral Reform Society to change the voting system in the UK to be fairer and more representative:

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/campaigns/electoral-reform/

Yes, we had a chance at this with a referendum in 2011, but that just means it's time to bring this up again.

Especially in light of the rise of smaller parties, and some independent candidates, in the 2024 #GeneralElectionUK it's high time voters had a better guarantee of proper representation.

#VotingRights #TacticalVoting #ElectoralReform