Welcome to the era of five-party politics
Widespread disillusionment with Labour and the Tories is understandable
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Britain enters the era of seven-party politics
Labour and the Conservatives combined account for barely a third of voters in polls — threatening the UK’s constitutional…
Britain’s old political duopoly has been shattered
The country used to be contemptuous of parties on either extreme, but no longer
Labour is slow-marching working people to populism
Insurgent parties to left and right peddle nonsense economics but enjoy dramatically rising support
Labour’s wishful thinking problem
Accepting a world of economic trade-offs is crucial for the country’s future
The new politics may be more like the old politics than we assume
Our electoral system will force consolidation within the left and right blocs
Let me count the ways in which Labour isn’t working
The government’s muddled thinking on the economy is causing it to haemorrhage support on all sides