1/ Starmer hints that Labour will step back in Lib Dem target seats
This is a positive move. But the problem will be to get seat-specific tactical voting guidance to voters who may tend to vote on national lines.
#FBPA Follow Back Progressive Alliance thetimes.co.uk/article/starme…
This is a positive move. But the problem will be to get seat-specific tactical voting guidance to voters who may tend to vote on national lines.
#FBPA Follow Back Progressive Alliance thetimes.co.uk/article/starme…
2/ In 1997 Blair and Ashdown agreed a list of key seats where Labour and LibDems should stand back. Tactical voting guidance for these seats was published in the Mirror. How can this be replicated in the present day media environment?
3/ There is also a risk that an informal opposition electoral pact will be denounced as an attempt by the political elite to stich up the election. That's one reason why we must make the campaign for a Progressive Alliance as large and as loud as possible. #FBPA
4/ The more a Progressive Alliance is seen as a widely popular grassroots demand the harder it will be for the Tories and their media allies to tarnish electoral cooperation as a elite electoral stich-up
5/ So what we need to do is to grow the Progressive Alliance movement, explaining and winning popular support for electoral cooperation, and helping people understand how to vote in key seats. And of course we need to keep the politicians on track.
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