Diagnosis of Defeat by Michael Ashcroft

Author:Michael Ashcroft
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2020-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Of five statements about Labour, the one that found the highest level of agreement was that the party “never really understood why so many people voted to leave the EU.” More than two thirds of all voters agreed, including nearly 9 out of 10 Labour defectors to the Conservatives.

Most also agreed that “Labour seems to have completely different values now from the one it had a few years ago.” Two thirds of defectors (including 83% of switchers to the Conservatives) agreed, and 2019 Labour voters themselves were more likely to agree than not.

A majority (52%) concurred that “Labour’s policies seemed to look backwards to the past and would not work in the modern world.” Seven in 10 Labour-Conservatives switchers agreed, as did more than one in five 2019 Labour voters themselves.

The statement “I would trust Labour more than the Conservatives with Britain’s public services” was the most divisive, with 40% agreeing and 41% disagreeing. There was a sharp divide among Labour defectors: three quarters of Labour-Lib Dem switchers agreed with the statement, while a majority of Labour-Conservative switchers disagreed.

There was a similar split over the contention that “at its heart, Labour still fundamentally understands and represents ordinary working people.” Voters as a whole disagreed by 44% to 40%, but while Labour-Conservative switchers disagreed by 59% to 29%, those who moved from Labour to the Lib Dems agreed with the statement by 63% to 28%.

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