My feeling is that, while there are obviously multiple factors at work, a lot of it harks back to the 2008 banking crash. Austerity policies were introduced, and have been kept up ever since, whether or not they call it that. With a variety of scapegoats being used for why peoples lives got worse, teachers' pensions, the EU and lately immigrants, those actually responsible have escaped any penalties.
At the last GE, there was a widespread desire for change, and Labour promised to deliver that change. There is no real perception that they've either done so, or are on the way there.
The desire (and need!) for change is even stronger, and while I feel strongly that the Green options are preferable, the reality is that, with the active help of the majority of the media, Reform's marketing is much, much better.
#politics
Fragarach
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