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I wonder what the Remain Alliance would look like if Labour played ball? And I mean really played ball, ie stood down candidates in the areas where the LD or other parties had a better chance? And vice versa for RA parties and Labour?
blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/08/the-re…
blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/08/the-re…
Could it be a win-win even though their Brexit views aren't aligned.
For example (making this up, so pls don't say it doesn't match polls!)
No pact
RA parties: 50 MPs
Labour 260 MPs
Tories/BP: most of rest
Pact
RA parties: 70 MPs
Labour 280 MPs
Tories/BP: most of rest
For example (making this up, so pls don't say it doesn't match polls!)
No pact
RA parties: 50 MPs
Labour 260 MPs
Tories/BP: most of rest
Pact
RA parties: 70 MPs
Labour 280 MPs
Tories/BP: most of rest
One scenario, the Tories have a majority or a working majority. The other they don't. And in the second scenario, the RA parties have enormously more power collectively than in the first.
But perhaps this is all pipe-dream territory? 🤷🏻♂️ It might be that the electoral calculus simply doesn't work that way.
