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12 million people voted left of centre. as of now. If we define loc as labour, lib dem, snp.
9 million voted for conservatives.electoral reform might help here.
of course the 3 million who voted UKIP might need some attention.
plus the 1 million green voters.that's 299 seats vs the 319.
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I'd struggle to define the Lib Dems as left of centre when they've just spent five years facilitating a Tory government and passing nasty right of centre laws, but they're a politically spent force now anyway. Votes for the SNP are more about small-minded nationalism than the values of the progressive left.
I'm all for electoral reform, and voted for it myself, but that ship has sailed.
Also 9 million Tories plus 3 million UKIP = 12 million...
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But they lost it because they didn't appeal to middle England.
You can't win a majority in Britain without bringing middle England with you. Blair knew this, Labour have proved it in the last two elections.
Middle England saw Miliband as 'Red Ed' and wouldn't vote for him. As appealing as moar left is, it is not the answer.