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Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social |
I think misplaced cynicism about election promises is causing a lot of people to work too hard on “why did the Tories lose so badly?” It’s not that deep: most parties keep at least 80 per cent of their pledges. This one…really the only one is that they didn’t raise VAT. How else was it gonna end?
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Stephen Bush
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(The cynicism arises IMO because parties more regularly break their implicit promises: the Liberal Democrats implemented most of their manifesto 2010 to 2015, but they had spent a decade implying they were to the left of Labour, so people felt betrayed.)
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Jamie McKelvie
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My gut feeling was the Reform vote was mostly people who would vote for a Tory party that did what it promised. Of course, not great that Reform was the "natural" choice for such a large part of the Tory base.
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