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17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
47%
8 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Leans left
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65/100
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Brexit, ECHR and clean air: Why Tory James Cleverly may fail in his bid to be Mayor of London
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Cleverly → fail → London
The 2024 general election certainly suggested so, with the party winning 59 out of 75 Parliamentary seats.
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party → suggest → seats
At one point during the run-up to polling day, it appeared possible the Tories might be reduced to four or fewer MPs.
But it was not always thus.
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it → appear → MPs
Until the late-1990s, London voting mirrored trends in Britain as a whole: Labour would be ahead some of the time and the Conservatives for the rest.
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Labour → mirror → rest
It was a politically balanced city overall, albeit with never-to-be-lost strongholds such as Barking & Dagenham and Kensington & Chelsea.
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It → lose → Barking
Moreover, Boris Johnson won the mayoralty for the Conservatives in 2008 and 2012.
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Johnson → win → 2008
Demographic and social change shifted London’s voting leftwards from 1997 onwards.
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change → shift → 1997
London, like the rest of the country, has seen a fragmentation of the ‘two-party’ system, though to a significantly lesser extent than elsewhere.
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London → see → extent
Any Conservative candidate would need to ensure they came second to Labour in terms of first preference votes: if no candidate gets over 50 per cent of the votes, the top two go forward to a second round where all other candidates’ second preference votes for the top two are then counted.
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votes → need → two
It would be no use adopting a ‘Brexit worked wonderfully’ line in a city which voted by a wide margin to remain in the EU.
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which → adopt → EU
Indeed, to win second preference votes from Liberal Democrats there are several issues where traditional centrist Conservative politics would be required.
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politics → win → Democrats
Supporting the UK leaving the ECHR to reduce asylum seeking might win votes in Essex, but would be less attractive to many moderate London Tories.
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UK → support → Tories
Proposing to remove the ultra-low emission zone might help win back Reform voters in parts of outer London but would be poison for many Lib Dems.
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Proposing → propose → Dems
The Conservatives could probably bank on winning most Reform second preference votes, because the latter are most unlikely to vote Labour, Green or Lib Dem.
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latter → bank → Labour
The media would almost certainly treat him thus for the eighteen months before the next mayoral election.
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media → treat → election
Such a platform would make it possible to argue it was ‘time for a change’ after 12 years of a Labour mayor.
But he would also need to come up with convincing policies about policing, housing and transport.
Attacking ‘No 10 North’ could prove every bit as popular with London voters as attacking ‘Westminster and Whitehall’ once was for the erstwhile Mayor of Greater Manchester.
But all is not lost for the Conservatives.
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all → make → Conservatives
If they could win back City Hall, they would be in a far better position to convince the British electorate that the Conservatives, not Reform, are the dominant party of the centre-right in Britain.
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Conservatives → win → Britain
The Aporia
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