Sunday shows round-up: the Tory election defeat inquest begins

Jonathan Reynolds on Reform: ‘Now…they will get the scrutiny they deserve’

On Sky News this morning, Trevor Phillips pointed out that Labour had the smallest vote share of any election-winning party – and asked the business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds if it was sustainable that votes for smaller parties like Reform and the Greens did not translate into seats.

Reynolds argued that Labour’s successful campaign under this electoral system gave them a legitimate mandate to govern, and claimed that smaller parties were given ‘far less scrutiny’ because they’re not seen as ‘parties of government’. Reynolds also implied that many people who voted for Reform don’t really know their policies.

Tom Baldwin, Keir Starmer’s biographer, also said that the article Labour aides are reading right now is The Death of Deliverism about how Joe Biden’s achievements did not translate into support – which they see as a warning.

Suella Braverman: ‘I have looked at the Reform party’

Over on GB News, Camilla Tominey pressed Suella Braverman on whether she would consider defecting to the Reform party, after Braverman conceded that the Tories had failed to provide ‘hope’ to voters.