The most interesting story of the UK election campaign is not the rise of Labour — the party’s campaign is no more exciting than its leader — but the collapse of the Conservatives. One pollster, Survation, suggests the Tories could end up with just 72 seats in the 650-member House of Commons. Another, Savanta, says that they could be headed for “electoral extinction.” A party that won an 80-seat majority just five years ago may now be headed for the worst performance in its almost 200-year history.
How did the world’s most enduring right-of-center party come to the edge of catastrophe?
The most interesting story of the UK election campaign is not the rise of Labour — the party’s campaign is no more exciting than its leader — but........