While the Conservatives are working with a tailwind in the Red Wall, in our blunder-prone system the local elections remain unpredictable

McKay, Lawrence (2021) While the Conservatives are working with a tailwind in the Red Wall, in our blunder-prone system the local elections remain unpredictable. British Politics and Policy at LSE (22 Apr 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

019 saw a Conservative break-through in the so-called Red Wall, now established as the critical battleground of British politics. The 2021 local elections may tell us something about electoral trends in the Red Wall. The Conservatives may be in a ‘virtuous circle’ of success in local and parliamentary elections, but their attempt to build a durable appeal there around ‘levelling-up’ is flawed, argues Lawrence McKay.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Date Deposited:	27 May 2021 13:27
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:02
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110662

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