This election shows political tribalism is dead, that allegiances have fragmented, and that huge numbers of voters wish a curse on all houses.
I said just after the exit poll dropped at 10pm last night that we were experiencing the most significantI haven't changed my view, though 1979 and 2024 could not be more different in the explanations for why they are defining moments.
Sir Keir is being carried into Downing Street on the shoulders of the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and - most especially - Reform, all of whom rode the crest of the national mood, which was to evict the Tory Party.The combined vote share of Labour and Tories - less than 60% - is lower than it has ever been, though of course the 20 percentage point drop in the Conservative share is the big shift.
Labour's tally of around 10 million may end up being less than what it picked up on that disastrous day in 2019.
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