Iran Press/Europe: The Labour Party, which won power in July with one of the largest majorities in history, is now on track for its worst end-of-year result since World War II, according to opinion polls.
According to the Iran Press news agency from London,
Sir Keir Starmer's party is now averaging just 26.6%, despite winning one of the largest-ever majorities five months ago.
Analysis of nearly 1,000 polls across 75 years found Labour is now 1% behind their previous end-of-year low in 2016 when Jeremy Corbyn's tenure was dogged by an antisemitism row and leadership challenges.
According to opinion polls, the Labour Party is now just half a percentage point ahead of the Conservative Party, compared to 19 percent a year ago.
The Conservative Party suffered its biggest electoral defeat in its history in the July elections this year. It was forced to hand over power to its rival, the Labour Party, after 14 years of continuous rule.
The significant decline in the popularity of the ruling Labour Party led to the creation of an electronic petition calling for early elections in the country, and the Conservative Party, the main rival of the Labour Party, also asked the leaders of the party to hold early elections due to the people's turning away from the party and increasing dissatisfaction with it. A request that the ruling Labour Party has strongly rejected.
Some analysts believe that the unquestioning support of the British ruling Labour Party for the Israeli genocide in Gaza and its continued political and arms support for the Israeli regime have caused widespread people's turning away from the party.
Some Labour Party candidates promised before the election that they would seriously pursue a ceasefire in Gaza if they won the election and took power, but after coming to power, they not only failed to keep their promise but also angered voters by their silence towards the party leaders in their full support for the Israeli regime, who described it as a blatant deception of public opinion to seize power.
In England, a party system prevails, and any party that can hold the most seats in the country's House of Commons in the election can form a government.
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