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Tories facing 1997-style general election wipeout (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] Adubya@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Allegations of fraud and exit of their top leadership. The person taking over backed a slate of unpopular candidates from what I recall briefly skimming it as an outsider.

[–] Nerd02@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Uh interesting, thanks for the explanation.

[–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

It's also exaggerated by FPTP.

This was the result of the 2019 election in Scotland.

A lot more seats proportional to votes.

So losing a small percentage they lose a lot of seats because they initially won so many by a small margin.