The article is still quoting the exit poll of 61 seats, but the Lib Dems are currently at 71 with one Lib Dem/SNP marginal still to declare…
This is the best result by a third party in Britain since 1923!
Also hopefully a huge future threat to the Tories if they now pivot right to head off the Reform surge - there’s now a massive wedge of seats from south-west London all the way out to Cornwall where moderate ex-Tory voters have gone Lib Dem and which the Tories will risk cementing as Lib Dem for a generation if they don’t tack back to the centre.
Non-paywall link: https://archive.ph/tBxdk
The article is still quoting the exit poll of 61 seats, but the Lib Dems are currently at 71 with one Lib Dem/SNP marginal still to declare…
This is the best result by a third party in Britain since 1923!
Also hopefully a huge future threat to the Tories if they now pivot right to head off the Reform surge - there’s now a massive wedge of seats from south-west London all the way out to Cornwall where moderate ex-Tory voters have gone Lib Dem and which the Tories will risk cementing as Lib Dem for a generation if they don’t tack back to the centre.