{"id":75912,"date":"2024-06-08T08:34:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T07:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=75912"},"modified":"2024-06-08T08:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T07:34:30","slug":"no-ones-best-interests-are-served-by-labour-having-a-large-majority-after-4-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/06\/08\/no-ones-best-interests-are-served-by-labour-having-a-large-majority-after-4-july\/","title":{"rendered":"No one’s best interests are served by Labour having a large majority after 4 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

My short video post for this morning<\/a> addresses a key issue in this election, which is that absolutely no one's best interests are served by Labour having a large majority after 4 July, including Labour itself.<\/p>\n

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The video can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The transcript is:<\/p>\n

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Labour does not need a big majority in the upcoming general election.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why? Because big majorities lead to bad government.<\/em><\/p>\n

That's particularly true if, as some polls are suggesting, Labour might be facing an opposition with fewer than 100 seats in any one party.<\/em><\/p>\n

That's bad for Labour, because nobody is holding it to account.<\/em><\/p>\n

And it's bad for Labour, because there will be vast numbers of disaffected backbenchers within its ranks who will be causing trouble.<\/em><\/p>\n

And it's bad for all the rest of us, because Labour won't bother to listen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, Labour might win this election, and a lot of people want that to happen, but critically, we do not need it to have a majority of 150 or more, because that is not going to help us with anything.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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