Thread by @mafevema

1. At best the polls in the next GE will show the possibility of a hung Parliament
2. Without a plan & a common structured strategy, the Opposition parties will be destroyed by accusations of "coalition of chaos" & the Tories will win. For the public "hung Parliament"= chaos.

https://twitter.com/Sean1Hagan/status/1449313807940128769

3.Unless the parties agree something like 👇 ( or a "lite" form of this) which would also provide an optimistic narrative of renewal and which must of course include PR, we are doomed.

https://twitter.com/mafevema/status/1392487888613478408?t=7ICMybCu1cwfBvaOCPpyww&s=19

An Alliance can take many forms. What I outlined in the tweet you commented on is a "lite Alliance" version. I should have added:
5. Coordinate attacks on Tories

https://twitter.com/mafevema/status/1449307977077436416?t=7ICMybCu1cwfBvaOCPpyww&s=19

However all this is pie in the sky as long as Labour cynically blocks it👇. Convincing a party in denial is 1 thing. But there is no convincing through mere arguments if a party has DECIDED not to do something & shored up its leadership to protect it.

https://twitter.com/mafevema/status/1443155853394292740?t=7ICMybCu1cwfBvaOCPpyww&s=19

So what's left?
Labour leadership is afraid of only 1 thing: losing more seats.Then even with the protections put in place in various party institutions, the leadership would be at risk.Their plan is premised on winning + seats & blaming Corbyn 2019 result for defeat -v- Tories

& blaming the other opposition parties."We got a good base to win next time" will be the narrative.
Can a "positive" movement shift this strategy? It is part of it but won't be sufficient alone. Not as long as Labour is confident its supporters have nowhere else to go. Labour is

very adept at pulling the "loyalty strings".
So the "positive engagement strategy" must be accompanied by effective & convincing threats. This can be done in several ways:
1. a UKIP style strategy with strategically placed candidates in marginals. They wld be withdrawn if

Opposition candidates adopted a binding pledge for support for PR+ collaboration with other opposition parties in HoC (official cross parties group)
2.A mass campaign of resignation from the parties. They need us.
3.A lucid exposure of their cynical strategy. Stop the gaslighting

Can it work? I don't know. But perhaps, particularly if these are also the objectives of the new @thatginamiller party. She has funding, energy, etc. She may turn to be another deluded egomaniac. We will see. But personally,apart from this strategy - the wrecking ball strategy-

I have no hope at all. And if Labour doesn't change & deliver us to another Tory government, in my view it truly deserves to explode. It isn't a force for good in British politics. It is propping up an anti-democratic system. And I have no doubt at all that

should they win on their own by a miracle -it would truly take a miracle- they will continue to prop up this undemocratic system. So what else is there to try? There is nothing to lose.

I hope it clarifies my position. Have a good weekend!