Over the past two months, we have examined two voting blocs in British politics: a right-of-centre bloc, largely comprised of Reform and Conservative voters, and a left-of-centre bloc made up of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green voters. But there is another important dividing line.
While the Greens and Reform have little in common in terms of policy, both argue that the major parties are all part of the same failed system. Both also aim to replace the established party within their own bloc. Especially following the Green’s victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Keir Starmer has sought to attack Reform and the Greens as two sides of the same coin – he has suggested that both are dangerous, and that both offer simple solutions to complex problems.
Is there any political mileage in this approach?
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