#first-past-the-post
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1 month agoMerry Christmas, Keir Starmer: despite everything, you're still the best man for the job | Simon Jenkins
How long had you to go: months, weeks, hours? We all know bad news sells. Political reporters cannot handle prime ministers sleeping soundly at night. But the terminal gloom around Keir Starmer's position is absurd. Not a morning passes without rivals being declared, and not an evening without the BBC's Chris Mason dragged from his supper to stand in the cold. He just frowns and forecasts Armageddon.
UK politics
UK politics
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4 months agoWhy does Reform seem unassailable? Because this is party conference season, when politicos always lose the plot | Simon Jenkins
Divided opposition and electoral-system quirks, not conference hysteria, determine British election outcomes; a modest third-party poll lead can evaporate.
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5 months agoDiane Abbott: I advised Jeremy Corbyn not to start new party
There were people around Jeremy encouraging him to set up a new party and I told him not to, she said. It's very difficult under the first-past-the-post system for a new party to absolutely win. If it wasn't first past the post then you can see how a new party could come through, but I understand why he did it.
UK politics
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