Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social

Why? People vote against parties as much as they vote for them. They did in 2017 and 2019, they will in 2024.

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@ianbonnar3.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 09:09 UTC

Voting against parties is what FPTP forces people to do. FPTP allowed the SNP to get 95% of the seats on 49% of the vote at GE15. Under AMS in 2016 for Holyrood they got 49% of the seats on 44% of the vote.

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:41 UTC

Yes the drive for tactical voting against the dangerous jam making man was how we got 14 years of Tory government, but you keep kidding yourself it solves everything

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:27 UTC

Quite. One of the Great successes of Starmer is giving people the freedom to vote for people other than the Tories

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