The UK Conservatives suffer a collapse in support.
As a Labour man, I see this as a good thing in some ways and a bad thing in others. Ever since May signed off on the Brexit delay, the Tories hard-right Brexit base is furious on what they see as a sell-out. Most Councillors now want their leader to go and there are reports of local activists refusing to campaign for their party. This is a crisis for them.
The bad news is that most of their support has gone to Nigel Farage's Brexit party. Whilst divisions on the right benefit labour from a strategic point of view, it will inevitable force the Tory Party further rightwards. The next party leader will certainly be a hard Brexiteer because of where their members are at and also because they have no other place to go electorally.
This further complicates Brexit because there is no way the Conservatives will agree to an election in their current state and it also makes a deal with Labour less likely because their supporters are giving them a big incentive not to compromise.
The bad news is that most of their support has gone to Nigel Farage's Brexit party. Whilst divisions on the right benefit labour from a strategic point of view, it will inevitable force the Tory Party further rightwards. The next party leader will certainly be a hard Brexiteer because of where their members are at and also because they have no other place to go electorally.
This further complicates Brexit because there is no way the Conservatives will agree to an election in their current state and it also makes a deal with Labour less likely because their supporters are giving them a big incentive not to compromise.
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