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Tactical voting made simple
1. In a Libdem/Labour marginal, vote LD.
2. In a Labour/Tory marginal in which the LibDems are *genuinely* not in contention, vote Labour
3. In a 3-way marginal, vote LD
4. Vote for Dominic Grieve
5. Vote LD against Raab
6. Vote Labour against Johnson
7. SNP will probably win almost everything anyway, but vote SNP in SNP/Tory marginals, LD in SNP/LD marginals, either in SNP/Labour marginals
8. Greens won't win more than 2-3 seats at best. Sorry. Not *this* time. So vote for most logical of LD/Labour based on progression above.
9. Vote PC in PC/Tory marginals, and seats that PC currently hold
10. If choice is Labour Brexiteer or Tory Remainer that's *really* hard, but vote Labour as from overall perspective a Tory majority is worse than losing one Tory Remainer.
11. In Unite to Remain seats, choose the UTR candidate if they could realistically beat the Tories, Labour otherwise.
12. Vote independent if they're former Remain Tories in with a chance of beating their own party.
13. Hold your nose. This is about clocking up the most MPs to stop the Tories and get a second referendum & then Remain. A protest vote is not a tactical vote (no WEP etc.)
14. Get advice from these 2 tactical voting sites if you're still unsure. @BestForBritain @remainutd
15. Lastly the LD may put on a performance in certain very Remain-y seats way way stronger that their national average. So if there's *reliable* local polling to suggest they're in contention in such seats even if they were 3rd last time I'd be inclined to believe it.

Good luck!
PS If you're in a safe Tory or Labour seat, try @SwapmyVote to trade votes with someone elsewhere in the UK that's more marginal. Maybe hard to find a match, but worth a shot.
PPS *If* Brexit can be stopped, then *next* election is the perfect opportunity for a Green surge! Climate change is our biggest challenge, but Brexit must be stopped before we can tackle it with full vigour.
PPPS Better a vote for the Brexit Party than the Tories, if you know anyone rock-solid in their unshakable determination to vote for an explicitly pro-Brexit party. The BP won't win, so it all helps to erode the Tories. 😉
PPPPS If you make excuses to yourself as to why you just can't bring yourself to vote tactically, you're not voting tactically! It may be principled, but also foolish. No "justification" is strong enough for not voting tactically if your number one imperative is to stop Brexit.
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