Reem Ibrahim sheds light on the hidden keys to British elections

On the occasion of the general elections held in the United Kingdom on July 4, Libertad Digital and Libre Mercado have interviewed a spokesperson for the Institute of Economic Affairs. Reem Ibrahim, to comment on Election Results And this The future of centre-right and liberal-conservatism in the British Isles. A graduate of the London School of Economics, our guest regularly features in her country’s countless media outlets. She looks after us after a long night of work, tired, but always smiling.

“The first thing to keep in mind when analysing the results is its specific nature British electoral system“, he warns us. In fact, their majority rules have created a 10-point gap separating Labour (33.8%) and the Conservatives (23.7%) when it comes to allocating seats, resulting in 412 seats for the left, compared to just 121 for the Tories.

It is also important to take into account the historic result of Reform UK. The alternative right-wing party led by Nigel Farage has won 14% of the vote, although this will only lead to a few seats. “Nigel Farage’s good result should invite reflection among conservatives, who can draw many lessons from what happened,” explains our interviewer.

Furthermore, Ibrahim recalls that “surveys showed that 48% of Labour voters said they supported the said party because they wanted a change in the political leadership of the islands, not because they had a particular support or attachment. Proposal from the left.So, the playing field is not as shifted to Labor as one might assume if one were to look at the headlines.”

When I ask for more details, the head of communications of the most important liberal think tank in the United Kingdom highlights that “Labour was aware that the erosion of the Conservative Party was not enough to achieve victory. If they wanted to take power, they also needed to run a very moderate campaign and present a more centrist management team, which is why they chose someone with a Keir Starmer profile and moved away from a profile like that of the party’s previous leader, the very radical Jeremy Corbyn, to someone like Rachel Reeves, who defines herself as a follower of Margaret Thatcher in various aspects, which is why her proposals on public health speak of greater collaboration with the private sector, while her ideas regarding housing are about the need to increase the supply of available apartments”.

“What I want to say with all this is that Labour’s dangerous leftward and radical drift is behind us and the candidacy that prevailed in the election is clearly the most moderate platform that the British left has presented in many years. I have no illusions about it and I know that part of that moderation was pure political strategy, but I also believe that it is important to point out to the rest of the world that it is not true that there has been such a great change in the public opinion. Ibrahim avoided the opinion that might emerge from a superficial look at the election results.

The IEA spokesman believes that, “In a way, Farage’s candidacy as head of the new Reform UK party has taught Conservatives What path should some of its proposals take in aspects such as the economy? Faraz proposed major changes that would have really changed people’s lives, such as triggering a minimum exemption Income tax From 12,000 to 20,000 pounds sterling for rent. Now that the Conservatives have to rethink their programme and elect a new leadership, they will have to consider these types of proposals, because they have proven popular with a significant part of the electorate,” she says confidently.

Ibrahim takes Sunak’s departure lightly, but who will be his replacement? In the ranks of the Conservative Party there were “some figures who had a dream future but they have been very damaged. Penny Mordaunt, for example, has not been re-elected as an MP, so we are probably facing the end of her journey… On the other hand, “it says a lot about people like Kemi Badenoch, who has a clearly liberal profile and is strongly committed to the renewal of the British right.”

Ream knows that “after almost fifteen years of Conservative dominance, it was logical that there would be a change. There were several leaderships in a row: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak… In the end, these constant replacements generated an erosion in the Tories’ electoral brand. Now the Tories undergo a calm and serious process based on ideas, proposals and principles, aimed at truly implementing the bases of the liberal-conservative political platform in the elections. You can see that we Britons have not made a big move to the left, although it may seem that now it is about building a winning movement again and there must be a clear commitment to the issues. Liberal views,