labour s lost voters may never return again study finds /

Focus group interviews in five key constituencies reveal rejection of Ed Miliband and distrust over the economy,taxation, welfare, and union links and immigrationLabour may never win back its former supporters who jumped ship to the Conservatives on 7 May and robbed it of any chance of victory,according to the most detailed investigation into why people abandoned the party at the election.This is one of many devastating conclusions reached by two former Labour election directors who have conducted a series of focus-group interviews with previously firm Labour backers, all of whom voted Labour in 2010 but switched to the Tories this year.Continue reading... , and

Source: theguardian.com