Very good thread this. In many ways this was a typical 2020s European election. When you consider how so many of those are ending, that's a bit worrying.
2. Labour held steady in total votes, but combined with the fractured vote on the right, won a historic parliamentary majority. This is in line with trends elsewhere in Europe. The far right rises and wins when the center-left atomizes (Italy, France) and falls short when it holds (Spain, Portugal).
Labour absolutely can not try to make politics to satisfy Reform voters. That would end in desaster for everybody. LibDem and Greens did well enough that even , if they don't need them , they should be seen as an extension of what Labours politics should be.
