The Poll-tergeist: Our Fragmented Politics and Labour’s ‘Progressive Defectors’ | ep. 144

About this episode

The episode discusses the fragmentation of British politics and the decline of the traditional two-party system, focusing on Labour's current challenges.

The world that Compass has long predicted is now becoming self-evident: Britain no longer lives in its two-party system. The Conservative-Labour duality that has dominated British politics since the 20th Century is no longer a given. Our politics has fragmented. Five parties are now regularly polling in double figures. Reform have led every poll since May 2025, Labour are sitting at half of their 2024 vote share in under two years, the Tories sit in the wilderness. Amongst all of this, the Gr...

Topics covered

• fragmented politics
• British politics
• Labour party
• Conservative party
• Reform party
• political polling

Keywords

• British politics
• Labour
• Conservative
• Reform
• political fragmentation
• polling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Compass, Labour, Conservative, Reform

Places: Britain

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