In the 1951 general election Labour and the Conservatives between them secured 98% of the vote. By 2024 that had dropped to 59%, and polling suggests support for the two main parties has continued to ...

British politics is at a crossroads. The political class has become detached, disinterested, and disturbingly out of touch with the concerns of the people they claim to represent. Decades of empty ...

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