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LibDems aren't going to stand against Anna Soubry. For context, the LDs polled 2,247 in 2017. Her 2017 majority (as a Tory) was 863.
It's clever. It helps her and in theory could also help Labour, in a seat the LD would never win. So either she manages to pull off a huge upset win, or hopefully she strips enough votes from whoever the Tories put up as her replacement to let Labour in.
I am not suggesting they *should* but it would be good if the Greens would entertain doing the same...
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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63,500 new voter registrations yesterday. Bit of an uptick. We have until 26 November to register as many voters as possible. After that, the election will be decided by those who have registered.
Remain tendency is strongest among younger voters. And just look at how many of them there are! 53,452 out of those 63,500 newly registered voters are aged 44 or under - that's a whopping 84%!
Here's some survey data from last year that highlights the size of the generational gap when it comes to Brexit...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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Tactical voting can win the election for Remain and/or people's vote friendly parties.

However, the tactic can't be "vote Labour everywhere" or "vote LibDem everywhere". That's not a tactic. That's partisan politics.

So if you're advocating either, you're not being tactical.
And if that's the case, at least be honest about it.

Don't try to dress partisanship up as a tactic. Because you're cheating yourself - and others too.

Brexit is bigger than party loyalty. If you don't agree, that's fine. But again, just be honest about it.
And if you're planning to vote for a party that can't *possibly* win the seat under any circumstances, that's fine too - but it's not tactical.

So for example a Green vote in most seats. That's a political statement. But it's not a tactic. Not when it comes to stopping Brexit.
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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A simple plea...
No matter which party you support or how strong your views are, could you please stop with the "if you voted for party X you voted for people to DIE" nonsense?

Because it is nonsense. People, in large numbers, are not that evil. If they were, society would end.
Feel like making a facetious quip? Bite your lip, please. It was a very serious point.

There is enough anger in politics already without stoking it via absurd hyperbole.
No party in the UK, not even the [fill in the name of the party you hate the most] has murder as a deliberate, calculated policy. Do you know how daft that sounds?

And if they don't, their voters *definitely* don't.
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Lewis Goodall
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House now voting on amendment on election date.
If passed election date would be on 9th December, not the 12th. It’s in Jeremy Corbyn’s name.
Dominic Grieve going out in style, apparently. In full black tie. Cummerbund and all.
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Sebastian Payne
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Happy Weds! Parliament is back but what are MPs going to do?

Scenario 1: Boris lays a business motion to request a short recess for Tory conference next week.

But the “usual channels” for cross party chatter are kaput. Labour unlikely to vote for it.
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Scenario 2: MPs table a raft of emergency debates under Standing Order 24, Speaker Bercow accepts.

Chatters around they’ll ask for the legal advice on prorogation, more Yellowhammer papers and details on the Arcuri allegations to name a few.

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Scenario 3: MPs table a censure motion and may find Johnson in contempt of parliament. Sanctions would follow, including a possible ban from the Commons.

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🔸🔶 Alisdair Calder McGregor 🔶🔸
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Ok, so. As many followers will be aware, I'm on the #LibDems Federal Policy Committee - the body that writes in depth policy papers (& ultimately the Manifesto)

So I decided to look at Labour's newly announced Ofsted policy.

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Now for a start off, it's a bit tricky to find out exactly what Labour's policy actually *is*.

They don't publish detailed plans of what they'll do, so I'm running on statements from official spokespeople.
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Matthew Bennett
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1. Let's begin coverage of the confidence vote in Pedro Sánchez (PSOE), three months after the general election. Will he be appointed Prime Minister this week? Not clear at this point. MPs arriving, and today's show begins: Esquerra MPs have turned up with yellow flowers.
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Okay, so you want to know if Theresa may is going to win her vote on March 14th.
Well, no, she's not.
And then you want to know what happens after that.
She's going to resign. And the Tories will abandon the whole thing.
So let's go through one by one. First there's no real danger in rejecting it again because last night parliament voted to allow itself to decide what happens after that.
No one really believes they're at the edge of calamity, so then it's all about what brexiteers and remainers think is best for them.
We know Labour is going to vote against, apart from one or two unteachables.
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Nigel Marriott
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How can Corbyn get into Downing St at the next election if one comes soon? Here is my thread looking at what needs to change from the 2017 #GeneralElection when #Labour won 262 seats. /1
To become the largest party, Labour needs to gain around 30 seats. It so happens that there are 29 seats where Labour is in 2nd place less than 3 pts behind the incumbent. 21 are held by the #CONSERVATIVES, 7 by the SNP, 1 by #plaidcymru. /2
To get a working majority, Labour needs to gain 61 seats given Sinn Fein don't take their seats. It so happens there are 62 seats where Labour is in 2nd place less than 7 pts behind the incumbent. 45 are held by the Conservatives, 16 by the SNP, 1 by Plaid Cymru /3
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