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@Gary Taylor I wrote that there is no co-ordinated tactical voting or progressive alliance. And there isn't as your posts prove. Hoping local deals between parties occur is insufficient. Co-ordinated tactical voting would need co-operation between the so called progressive parties. It hasn't happened as they're all to tribal. If you think randomized tactical voting will have a ...
@HuwMatthews2 Yes like in Scotland and NI. If the Scots people had been consulted more often by the Westminster elite there wouldn't be a referendum organized by the SNP. In fact the SNP would be a much less powerful party. The SNP were elected with a manifesto to hold an independence referendum in 2014, what's your point? Nobody elected Wrigley or the Cockwood Resident's ...
Many a fine wine in an old bottle, Burneside.
Why take on the role if they don't have the heart to support the local people's wishes? Sad to see a beautiful town being run into the ground due to a council who seems bent over backwards to do all the things the Dawlish people do not want.
So there's some healthy tit-for-tat competition in the tactical voting game, this is only going to happen in a very small number of constituencies and won't affect the overall result one way or the other. And really, at his advanced age, Cable should stand down and make way for a younger candidate, but I suppose it's a matter of pride for him after being so ignominiously dumped by the voters in ...
I personally feel that neither labour nor the conservative party are worthy of governing this country and the smaller parties merely squabble between themselves. The U.K. government system is based on an out of date and crumbling foundation. It is time to bite the bullet and bring in the demolition crew and clear the site for a government that is competent to govern this country. I don't have ...
@Indy Ref ".... Better to consult and campaign for what a community actually wants, rather than getting a community to agree to what a minority wanted...". Like in Scotland and N. Ireland ? ROFL!!
And this from Vince Cable, from the above Independent article: “There’s nothing to stop localised agreements and nothing to stop encouragement of people to vote on a tactical basis. I think in the current context an awful lot of people will find their way to the voting booths in that kind of spirit. “I think it could pave the way for future changes to the electoral system. There’s a ...
And on the other side of the coin, news of Labour and the 'regressive alliance' between UKIP and the Conservatives ... ... Ukip has agreed to stand aside for Tories such as Philip Davies and Jacob Rees-Mogg , allowing better chances for a pro-Brexit candidate to win the seat, and demonstrating the stark divisions at play in the impending “ Brexit election” ...
This article regarding a centre-left 'progressive alliance' and Labour... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/30/labour-figures-call-for-candidates-to-step-aside-for-greens-in-two-seats