If the choice is between Tory and Tory-lite, there’s not much to be enthused about. And if Labour just ape Tory policies, it gives them licence to skip even further right on immigration and the social safety net.
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If only there was a recent example of Labour hitting 40% only for that to collapse when they revealed their actual, crappy right wing programme for the country
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I guess it would take imagination and an actual vision of a different way, and they would much rather move numbers around in Excel or something.
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The 34% below literally don't exist for a lot of politics experts (and these figures don't even include the unregistered, just non-voters)pic.twitter.com/jjZZ6qWqhQ
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But wasn’t that the Corbyn policy. Lots of vocal enthusiasm from left of left-of-centre, no impact where it matters?
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The premise of this argument is that the people who “matter” may be the non-voters rather than the contestable swing voters. What strengthens the argument now mainstream rw parties are no longer contesting the “centre” but breaking norms and striking rightward, for power.
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I won't vote at the next election because of this. Which will mean precisely nothing because I'm in a safe Tory seat. So tired.
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I've decided I will still go to the polling station and spoil my ballot. I don't want the crafty Tories using my vote in their postal vote fiddle.
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Didn’t the Tories turn out more non-voters in 2019 than Labour? Courting non-voters for the elections that take place prior to 2024 is not a sound strategy given swing voters will actually turn out...
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We may attribute this to the fact that many traditional non-voters came out for Brexit. By coming out in favour of a 2nd ref, Boris' Tories became the logical party of the 'Brexit-above-all' voters who would've otherwise stayed at home.
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