British politics is broken, and the election is unlikely to fix it. Here's why
casting their ballots from 7am on December 12th in the most consequential general election in a generation—or, in some accounts, since 1945. Many voters may have felt weary as they made their way to polling stations for the third general election in less than five years. But for politicians and the press, three factors explain the importance they place on this one.
What is more, Mr Johnson’s Brexit deal is loosening the ties that bind the component parts of the United Kingdom. Scottish nationalists say that Brexit runs against the will of Scotland, which voted to remain in the EU, and have seized on it re-energise their demand for a second referendum on Scottish independence .
The second factor is that Mr Johnson has not been able to make the election simply about Brexit. Labour, under its left-wing leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has proposed the most radical economic agenda in decades, including the renationalisation of public utilities and a huge increase in spending on public services, especially the creaking National Health Service.
But also Brexit has blurred the old dividing lines in British politics, interfering with tribal allegiances that have endured for generations. That is likely to lead to a surge in tactical voting among those opposed to Brexit, for whom this election may represent the last chance to overturn the referendum outcome.
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