This is pretty shoddy analysis all around, but mainstream political analysis needs to get out of the trap of viewing voting Conservative as a "default" or "natural" state. It does everyone, including the moderates who are pretending to care, a disservice. https://twitter.com/shirleymush/status/1311026298920337409">https://twitter.com/shirleymu...

If Starmer outriders continue to analyse things through the lens of the Tories being a default, not only will they lose and lose big in 2024, they& #39;ll constantly move right rendering Labour pointless as an alternative to the Tories.

The other analytical fault that needs to be abandoned is the idea that press coverage either: doesn& #39;t have a real impact or is a reasonable natural phenomena that everyone should be expected to deal with. Neither are true.

Plus if you& #39;re from a political current that sabotaged the left when they were in charge, spare me the sanctimony. Especially when your political current bathed an entire region in blood with illegal wars.