{"id":1351,"date":"2022-05-06T11:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T11:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2022-05-06T11:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T11:50:33","slug":"poll-guru-john-curtice-deals-hammer-blow-to-labour-as-he-predicts-starmers-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/poll-guru-john-curtice-deals-hammer-blow-to-labour-as-he-predicts-starmers-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Guru John Curtice Deals Hammer Blow to Labour as He Predicts Starmer’s Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
While Labour has made big gains in London, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde and trusted election guru Sir John Curtice announced that the party’s vote share outside the city has actually decreased since the seats were last up for election in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As things stand, Curtice believes the Opposition has no clear path to No 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Labour are probably somewhat disappointed,” Prof Sir John told the BBC. He figured that the results were not a performance “that indicated a party that is on course for winning a general election with a majority”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Prof Sir John, based on yesterday night’s results, there was no guarantee that Sir Keir Starmer’s party would win the most seats in the next general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Outside of London, as compared to 2018 when these seats were last contested, it looks like their seats are down slightly,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“And for a party that is trying to regain ground in the so-called Red Wall seats in the Midlands and north of England, this wasn’t quite the progress they wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curtice said that there is still a very substantial legacy of the impact of Brexit on both the character of the Conservative and Labour supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Conservatives is still much stronger in Leave areas, and therefore Labour is still struggling to make more progress there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With yesterday night’s municipal election results, Sir Keir’s party reinforced its hold on the capital. Wandsworth, Margaret Thatcher’s “favourite council,” as well as Barnet and Westminster, were all won by the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n