This article suggests Labour might have a majority of 286 after a general election. Such a large majority, meaning Labour don't have to listen to other views, could be a disaster. I hope that other parties - LibDems, Greens, SNP and Plaid - and even, dare I say it, Reform (though the more deposits they lose the better) - see a Tory rout as an opportunity and make as many gains as they can.
@patrickhadfield I've seen projections even higher than that - in the mid 300s. As is often said, it's Labour's election to lose, but I'm still convinced that the softness in the poll numbers hasn't sufficiently been understood. If they keep going the way they are - and if we have to wait until Jan 25 for an election - they might have to learn to work-cross party, whether they like it or not.
@fkamiah17@patrickhadfield Labour have been happily and enthusiastically working with the Tories in Scotland for decades and that's with the express consent of the current leadership. A result which leaves them the junior partners in a unity government that basically just does all the same things the Tories do already but nets them ministerial Jaguars is their absolute ideal result
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