John Curtice
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There's massive warning lights all over the BBC.
That's exactly what gets you off, correct.
Exactly.
They always say things like, obviously, these are all about bin collections and potholes, but just for a bit of fun, let's have a look.
So here we are, drumroll.
If this was a general election...
And it would be, and I guess, is this just for England then?
I guess.
I mean, it's concave, isn't it?
It has to be.
So reform would be on 26% share of the vote.
Labour on 19.
The Conservatives also on 19.
The Lib Dems on 18% and the Greens on 16.
So what you've got there essentially is one out in front, clear leader, winner, but only on 26% share of the vote.
And then this cluster of all the other parties winning.
basically within two points of each other.
Lewis, little Louis, I mean, what this comes down to is unexpected versus expected, right?
That is the tragedy of this.
Why was the Keir Starmer stuff a story?