With the result of the General Election known, Adam Trimingham’s assertion (Argus May 6) that the two-party political system is over seems premature. UKIP will almost certainly fade. The Conservative majority ensures that a referendum on Britain’s European Union membership is now certain.

About two thirds of UKIP voters were traditional Conservative supporters who are almost certain to return to the Tory fold.

Labour’s support tends to be concentrated in its heartlands.

The party has benefitted from a system which generally works in their favour and allows them to obtain more MPs for a smaller share of the vote.

Before the next election the Boundary Commission will probably change constituency boundaries.

This will almost certainly give the Conservatives extra seats. The Blair Government’s failure to address the issue of Scottish MPs voting on issues in England whilst their English counterparts cannot vote on the same issues in Scotland (the West Lothian question) has hit Labour hard.

It is possible a federal system will be introduced. This means that even if Labour recovers in Scotland it will not affect Westminster.

The re-alignment is coming on the left of the spectrum. It was always accepted that younger people tended to support Labour. Indeed the student vote has been instrumental in changing the political scene in Brighton and Hove. However, the arrival of the Green Party has drawn a lot of these voters away from the Labour Party. Left wing politics tend to fragment more than the right wing.

The Liberal party was always viewed as the party of the soft left –- a view enhanced when the Social Democrats merged with them.

Labour seemed to be the party of the left. There has always been a myriad of far left groups like Communists, Trotskyists and Marxists.

These small parties singly attracted little support.

But when their votes were bundled together they took support from Labour.

Since the election siren voices in the press who support Labour have called for proportional representation. It is my belief that the British will NOT embrace such a system. The alternative vote system was decisively rejected three years ago!

Centre right is the most powerful political grouping in free world politics and will always be a force to be reckoned with.

Richard J Szypulski, Wiltshire House, Lavender Street, Brighton