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Labour forecast to win landslide of over 400 seats, as YouGov poll predicts Tory wipeout at election (news.sky.com)

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Labour could be swept into power with a landslide of more than 400 seats at the next general election, according to the latest YouGov mega poll.

The survey of 18,000 people predicts Sir Keir Starmer's party will win a parliamentary majority of 154 - almost double what the Conservatives achieved with Boris Johnson in 2019.

The poll forecasts Labour will win 403 seats, a gain of 201, while the Tories will crash to just 155 seats - a loss of 210.

If correct, the result would be a worse defeat for the Conservatives than under Sir John Major in 1997, when the rise of Sir Tony Blair's New Labour left them with just 165 MPs.

Key Conservatives projected to lose their seats include Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, cabinet ministers Grant Shapps and Penny Mordaunt and former party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith.

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[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a Labour member and I don't want to see them get this sort of majority. There needs to be some sort of functioning opposition to keep them honest and to serve as a threat that the good times won't last forever.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Could the lib dems or greens serve as the opposition for once? Having a green opposition to a labour government might be a nice change to drive things in the right direction. I realise this is somewhat a pipe dream

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Any party that is essentially given carte blanche to do whatever they like is a bad thing for democracy.

Although they could just end up like the Conservatives after the 2019 election, where they got a big majority and did absolutely nothing with it.