I just came back yesterday. I was being facetious yet it’s been a centrist country for more than 20 years which is a great thing to see. All the main parties agree on and take a lot of social politics for granted, that that rip other countries apart like the US.
The Labour increased their base by less that 2 %. It was a finger to the conservatives that ensured they won.
The bigger worry is that there isn’t a left wing gov and there is a real a right wing gov that received over 4 million votes.
Let me give you an example of how badly I think the Tories failed.
I follow a Twitter account called "The Secret Barrister", which is written anonymously by a Brit trial lawyer who gives accounts of how the legal system is collapsing from under funding and neglect. The SB relates that it now takes 5 years to go to trial for rape in the UK. In Canada, the maximum delay legally permitted for a serious criminal trial is 18 months!!
Labour also complained about the under funding and delays. And the Tory response was to attack Starmer for being a "terrorist sympathizer" for once defending an accused terrorist back long ago when he was a criminal court barrister. The SB engaged with the Tories spoks on this and pointed out that barrister ethics actually didn't allow Starmer to decline a client based on the client's character and political views. The Tory spoks deflected, mocked and hooted.
It was disgusting and typical of the last Tory government. Incompetence. Arrogance. Lying. And empty rhetoric.