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Alex Cruikshanks

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Ironically, the part of the political spectrum that looks most conducive to some sort of alliance is the two big winners in the broad centre who have no real need of it, Labour & the Lib Dems. But in many ways they tacitly co-operated this time and could end up in coalition in Scotland in 2026. 16/

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Alex Cruikshanks's avatar Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social
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While Labour got the landslide everyone expected, I think their voter coalition is looking more fragile than many expected. Trying to expand it further right seems futile - if those voters didn't ditch the Tories *this time*, do you really think they will after 5 years of Labour in power?

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