What happens to Labour if the Tories back strong devolution?
A question posed by Matt Wardman.
Here’s the data he presents, from PSR Keele, as a chart.
What this tells me is that, in terms of actually winning the election, assuming that Labour do at least moderately well in Scotland and Wales, it’s only England that matters. We need to wait to see what effects devolution has had. Since 1998, there have only been two general elections; we don’t know if, for instance, disaffected Labour voters will vote for Plaid Cymru or the SNP, move to the Liberals or stay at home.
xD.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Yay !
June 29th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Feel free to take the image if you want it.
xD.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Chances are Cameron might.
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June 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
As a corollary to that: