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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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Small minded nationalism?
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I think you've completely misunderstood why the SNP has been successful in Scotland.
They are not a small minded nationalist party.
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Votes for the SNP are more about small-minded nationalism than the values of the progressive left.
Thats hardly fair or accurate. Nicola Sturgeon spent most of the campaign talking against austerity. The SNP did away with university fees and are phasing out the right to buy to ensure affordable housing stock for lower income families. One of their 'red lines' was the ending of Trident. How is any of that not progressive left? I didnt see a single Labour MP make one fucking noise about saving money on removing nuclear weapons, and that money being ploughed back into other things like the NHS or schools. Maybe thats why they lost so big in Scotland.
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Contracts, basically. Its "supporting British industry" and all that, and no doubt lots of cushy consultancy jobs in the pipeline
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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.