The prime minister is being optimistic at best with is reading – but these results to suggest Labour’s win might not be as decisive as polls currently suggest.
Even though Keir Starmer is more comfortable being associated with the leaders of the last Labour government than Jeremy Corbyn or Ed Miliband, this is not a return to the past.
The extreme levels of poverty endured by economically inactive people (as highlighted in the government’s own data) are a direct result of deliberate political choices to continually erode benefits.
The first minister’s decision to abruptly end his coalition deal with the Greens has backfired in spectacular fashion, leaving the SNP in crisis once more.
First past the post tends to deliver the winning party more seats in parliament than they’d get under a truly proportional voting system – but this year is off the charts.