There are two interesting features of the British election that occurred.
First, Boris Johnson didn't really get that many more votes than in 2017 with PM May (roughly 300,000 extra votes). Total for Johnson was 13,966,000 here in 2019.
Labour (with Corbyn)? They achieved 10,295,000 roughly. Back in 2017, the same party achieved 12,878,000. So they kinda lost 2,300,000 votes. Yep, twenty percent.
The Liberal Democrats in this election, they pulled near 3,696,000 votes.....that's 1,200,000 additional votes over 2017. The Labour voters? It would appear that they felt lost with the message and brand, and flipped to the Liberal Democrats.
The second feature....Johnson is firmly fixed now until May of 2024. He'll enter BREXIT, the after-period, and have plenty of time to settle upon a national message and theme. Labour? They will select a new figure to lead the party and likely go through a re-building process.
Does this election really mean anything? Most Brits will say (at least on camera) that this was about BREXIT, and little else. There were some discussions over jobs, education, medical care, infrastructure....but they were all secondary to BREXIT.
No comments:
Post a Comment