re #Labour's demise and #Reform's victory
It's worth bearing in mind that #Starmer was already massively unpopular when first elected.
Labour won this mandate only on the Tory collapse. Under FPTP Labour receive a majority on about one third of the votes.
When you think of the rise of Reform, consider that Labour was already dying. Consider more people already didn't support Labour.
So what happened was bound to happen. Labour did all it could to boot left wingers from its party, and it succeeded. They destroyed their support from the people who volunteer and canvass. While Reform was on the rise, Labour was attacking the left and still is.
What has Labour done to actually win support? Win votes? What have they really done to counter the rise of Reform?
