May 2024
This is the year of elections (2024) across the world, as it is in Britain. Labour, with its strong lead in the polls, are hoping this is the Conservative Party’s final nemesis after the last fourteen years of mis-government. But this may be a more momentous watershed than Labour thinks. Assuming the polls are a sure guide, Labour may still not get an overall majority but will have to consider an arrangement with other parties. And then there is the long overdue issue of electoral reform, which promises to change the political map radically.