Britain has Decided – Well some of them?

Labour wins General Election with large majority

Labour, not surprisingly, has won the General Election with a significant majority. Britain has apparently voted for change.

The rub, I guess, when we delve into the result, is that the victory was on one of the smallest turnouts in history, a mere 60% of the electorate decided to vote. Which is a concern in its self as it underlines the apathy within the country regarding politics in general.

When we also consider that Labour secured only 34% of the vote – similar to 2019 – it means that a mere 20% of the country actually supported their policies. Hardly a ringing endorsement. But, they still secured 410 seats in the House of Commons, a huge 63%.

Now I’m no advocate of proportional representation, albeit it is used widely across the world, especially in Europe. But if we had it, then Labour would have only 221 MPs and, while still having the largest number of seats, they would have been a minority governing party, relying on others for support to push through any legislation.

It would appear to me that Labour didn’t particularly win the election, but the Conservatives lost it.

I can only assume that moderate people were not prepared to vote for Tory, but couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Labour.

Labour secured victory, on the back of people’s discontent, and anything…… is better than the Conservatives.

Notwithstanding the above, I wish SKS well; he has been elected Prime Minister, and we should support him, especially globally. Of all the Labour leaders, I find him the best of a bad lot, perhaps a little bland, but is that so bad? Also, I feel he has a strong moral compass. It will be interesting to see how he fares when decisions are required and the going gets tough.

All I would say is that the country is a bit like me. Indifferent. They do not see that it makes a great deal of difference who is in power; we get on with life regardless, and we will continue to see taxes rise – even us pensioners – and some of our services eroded.

History shows that Labour will be in power for at least one term, possibly two, the volatile electorate will then say, ‘Let’s have a change’ and despite political commentators stating that is the end on the Tories, the conservatives will eventually – no doubt – be back in government.

What goes around comes around.

All I will say is that there will be more people supporting England at the Euros, than supporting SKS and Labour, even taking into consideration the Scots and Welsh, hoping that England doesn’t win…..

Come on England, and the UK in general, life goes on regardless.