By: Bitethehand

Bitethehand
Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:35:31 +0000

In reply to Mrs Porty.

And what was the size of the majority that UK voters gave to Starmer, Miliband and their party?

The party took 412 seats giving it a majority of 174.

It was the worst Conservative result in terms of seats in history, with the party on 121. The Liberal Democrats had their highest tally since 1923, taking 72 seats.

The SNP won nine seats. Reform UK got five and Plaid Cymru and the Green Party got four each.

Here’s what Bertolt Brecht had to say about such a state of affairs:

The Solution

After the uprising of the 17th of June
The Secretary of the Writers Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee
Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?