UK Elections 2024: Labour to win landslide majority

Since Brexit Britain has been facing political uncertainty. In 2019, Boris Johnson won by a huge margin by promising Britain’s exit from the European Union. He remained in power for three years and was removed from the office after the  Partygate scandal during the pandemic lockdown. 

Next PM from the conservative party, Liz Truss’s tenure was too short-just 49 days. Her so-called economic reforms sent the market into turmoil. She resigned after the disastrous tax cutting mini-budget that rocked Britain’s economy into further abyss. 

Then came the next PM Rishi Sunak, richest PM ever and most unpopular leader. He failed to restore faith in Tories. The most illustrative failure was incompetence in handling the Ukraine conflict. But, ultimately the biggest problem facing the Tory party is a policy problem, with the economy in a bad state. 

Govt public services have been falling apart. People are suffering from multiple stresses, including huge inflation, job losses and deteriorating living standards. His wife claimed non-domicile tax status which allowed her to avoid paying UK taxes, even as he raised taxes for others. 

Sunak’s policy of sending illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers to Rwanda had created controversy. The deport policy seemed to many as inhumane and ineffective.  On key environmental policies, Sunak has come up short. He has backtracked on Climate policies, vowing on commitments of net zero while dismantling many of the policies on electric vehicles and public transport that were needed to get there.