04.07.24: Fourteen years of Tory gross mismanagement of government, economy, and society came to a crashing and well-deserved end. Keir Starmer's Labour government was elected with a landslide of seismic proportions.
However, with a substantial Parliamentary majority delivered on a share of the vote that would ordinarily spell defeat, this was more about the Tories losing than Labour winning. The old assumptions have been torn up. Throw into the mix an increasingly five-party (six in Scotland) system where once it was two, and the potential for electoral volatility, if Labour ends up disappointing, is obvious.
Starmergeddon brings together leading political writers to navigate the complex terrain of this seismic shift in British politics. This unique collection analyses voter data and looks at the break-up of the two-party system with the rise of a populist right in Reform UK and a new independent left. The crucial question remains: will Keir Starmer's government be able to successfully combine the pragmatic and social democratic to produce radical change? The balance is delicate, and the stakes are high.
