Comments on: Labour is now the Party of the Big Cities 2014/06/19/labour-is-now-the-party-of-the-big-cities/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jdc@dotkitten.net 2014/06/19/labour-is-now-the-party-of-the-big-cities/#comment-27158 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:40:02 +0000 ?p=23427#comment-27158 You say “Labour is now the Party of the Big Cities” like that’s a good thing.

A quarter of the population as you say, so let’s be optimistic and assume Labour can get 50% of the vote on average in the Big Cities – a majority, not just a plurality. That gets you to 12.5% of the national vote, a long way short of where Labour needs to be.

More generously, let’s suppose Labour can win 80% of Parliamentary Seats in the big cities. On the same 75/25 basis, you still need 40% of all the other seats to form a majority.

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