2024-05-14
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Labour's strong results in local elections in Britain on May 2nd affirm the prediction from our forecast model that is on course to form the next government.
Our central estimate gives it a thumping 106 seat majority.
The transformation of Labour's political fortunes
since the last general election has been accompanied by a fervent romancing of business.
Gone is the disdain of Jeremy Corbyn,
the party's former hard-left leader who planned to collectivise a tenth of every big British company.
In its place, Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves,
the Labour leader and Shadow Chancellor, have spearheaded a smoked salmon offensive.
inviting executives to breakfast and waxing lyrical about the virtues of profit.
Bosses are keen to listen.
It is easier to get tickets to see Taylor Swift's opening night at Wembley next month than to attend the party's Business Day in September at a dingy Liverpool conference centre.