[mattmanser]

How else do you explain the massive collapse in support last election?

They lost so much. 86% of their seats (57 to 8), 66% of their popular vote (23% to 15.2%).

[ZeroGravitas]

Both of these, and the strange discrepancy between them, can in some part be explained by the archaic first-past-the-post election system.

Apparently many of their loses to the conservative party were caused by a last minute rush of voters to labour. In a three-way contest that had the perverse effect of sending things in the opposite political direction.

[mattmanser]

As far as I can tell it's their lowest vote share for decades and all the last few elections have been close.

What you're saying just doesn't ring true. People genuinely felt betrayed by the uni fees.

[corney91]

Because people thought they were "Tory enablers" and the tuition fee thing was the perfect example of that. But comparing the coalition with the current Conservative government, I think it's clear they were actually beneficial to the country. Will be interesting to see how that attitude changes with time...