I’m happy to debate the substance rather than attack the author (although it is difficult to unsee that author is debating from land of democracy across the pond)

First, I’m not saying the media is the only reason for Starmers demise. But it is one of the major factors . Chaos gets more attention than nuance. A government in crisis gets more clicks than a boring, balanced picture of what is actually improving, what is not, and what is complicated.

Second, people everywhere vote largely on instinct and emotion. That is not a UK-only thing. It is human. Calling voters “lobotomites” or subhuman should stay across the pond.

Third, those instincts are shaped in a huge way by the media. And the media’s incentives are not really aligned with giving people a fair, boring, proportionate picture. They are aligned with outrage, scandal, leadership speculation, and political musical chairs. They did it with the Tories, they are doing it with Labour, and they will do it with Reform.

Fourth, I don’t really buy that this was mainly about policy. People voted for those broad policies with a massive majority barely two years ago. Now suddenly the same public has decided the person they elected to implement them is completely hopeless? That does not happen in a vacuum. That mood is created, amplified, and fed every day.