Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver

Tory voters want to punish their party – and themselves

issue 22 June 2024

For progressive onlookers abroad, the Labour landslide now projected next month will seem a cheerful counterweight to the EU parliamentary elections’ lurch rightwards and will represent a huge, refreshing popular shift in Britain to the left. Yet according to at least one recent poll, this perception would be statistically mistaken.

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