UK General Election '24
by Pastychomper from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6NMMG)
I think it deserves its own thread now. Is it just me, or does this feel like a re-run of the 1997 election?
We have the Tories, who have been in power for years but have lost popularity due to the poor economy, their handling of EU membership, and rising inequality. Their current leader seems fairly boring but a recent predecessor annoyed a lot of people. Their main campaign message boils down to "Labour would be even worse".
We have Labour, who are keen to be seen as different to what they used to be. They look likely to win a huge majority, mainly because they're the default alternative to the current lot. They aren't promising any huge changes though, but they do talk vaguely about improving the NHS.
Third place is the Lib Dems, who tend to get a respectable share of the vote even though most people wouldn't trust them in government.
Smaller parties seem to have changed a bit more (I'm sure the Greens were talking about the environment more in '97) but there's something very familiar about the big picture.
We have the Tories, who have been in power for years but have lost popularity due to the poor economy, their handling of EU membership, and rising inequality. Their current leader seems fairly boring but a recent predecessor annoyed a lot of people. Their main campaign message boils down to "Labour would be even worse".
We have Labour, who are keen to be seen as different to what they used to be. They look likely to win a huge majority, mainly because they're the default alternative to the current lot. They aren't promising any huge changes though, but they do talk vaguely about improving the NHS.
Third place is the Lib Dems, who tend to get a respectable share of the vote even though most people wouldn't trust them in government.
Smaller parties seem to have changed a bit more (I'm sure the Greens were talking about the environment more in '97) but there's something very familiar about the big picture.