Beginning of the end of the Tory Party?

Goooner

?? I can't tell if you are serious or trolling. I guess you haven't heard about the extortionate increase in university fees? The lack of jobs after paying all that money studying?? The fact that the Tories are constantly berating young people for being 'lazy and entitled?

krish

Oh dear, I've spent thousands on a media studies or a fine arts degree and now find there are hardly any jobs it's suited for!

Derek S-H

Pooch is that you?!

fluxo

I do hope that you'll choose to remember vividly that the Tories are pretty much singlehandedly responsible for this whole mess regarding leaving the EU in future debates?

They love to portray themselves as being born to rule with a steady hand on the finances, but the flow of money always goes upwards when they're in power and they're basically a bunch of clueless incompetents.

Enki

And Labour? I can only think of 1997.                                Click to expand...        [/quote]I couldn't say what counts as a landslide. Is there a definition somewhere?

As for the majorities, ordered from highest to lowest:

                                                                               

Government counts: 11 Conservative (incl. 2010 coalition) and 9 Labour.

Average majorities:

Conservative: 54
Labour: 71

(means, rounded to nearest integer)

Data grabbed from this page:

List of United Kingdom general elections - Wikipedia

r1ecn

They are absolutely tied to neoliberalism or whatever you want to call it and thus demands cheap vulnerable Labour.  They have got themselves in a right mess over Europe.  They bang on about Austerity at home, yet find money to bomb countries to impunity. The list is endless, no wonder May wants control of the internet, it mocks her every word. It begs believe how anyone thought they would get 50  majority, talk being in a ivory tower and hoisting up the ladder.

EarthRod

I don't think there is a universally accepted standard, but in my opinion somewhere around the 100 mark would be a good start.

But in general it should be big enough to result in parliamentary dominance. I guess that depends on how many rebels there are in your own party and therefore how much the government has to compromise on policy.

Goooner

Lack of jobs?

We have full employment.

And which Tories have been constantly berating young people for being lazy and entitled.

rancidpunk

I'll have a pint of what you're drinking!

theprestige

No. No, we do not have full employment. Certainly not full employment for skilled jobs. And is that really a question? David Cameron's, the former prime minister of your party launched a venomous and scathing attack on the youth a few years ago.