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I'm not sure what you mean by "labour would still need to be the biggest party, which means making big gains."
The biggest party is the party with the most MPs. For labour to gain MPs they have to win alot more votes.
Are you suggesting openly making deals with the Lib dems in the campaign? I worry that they might still be toxic, this could do more harm than good. Their rejection by the electorate a year ago was total.
I'm currently paying extortionate rates for Wifi in my shitty little flat that work have given me, so might go without internet for a while. Thanks, it's been good to debate this, it's important to have ones assumptions challenged.
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Their [the Lib Dems] rejection by the electorate a year ago was total.
I guess the question is whether all of those bedwetters have now finally grasped the full extent of the calming influence they had while in coalition.
For me given the current fractures a "Unity" government of Lab / Lib / SNP is the way forward.
I'm also not 100% sure that in that case you need to worry about labour being the largest party. If you could take enough seats with a "Unity" government to give the Conservatives an unworkable majority then you could force them out politically - ei total media onslaught from all sides claiming they have clearly lost, vote of no confidence, etc.
I think if you had a united opposition coalition that told everyone post election with total confidence that the Torys had lost and they won and they would be taking government it would be bought.
hugo7
I'm not sure what you mean by "labour would still need to be the biggest party, which means making big gains."
Labour would be the biggest party, but gains would be made by not running against each other.
Thinking about it a bit more, I think this is a deal which could be sold to labour party members who support Corbyn, and a possible way of finding an amicable resolution to the, now obvious, war between members and the PLP.
The problem is, I can't imagine the PLP agreeing to it. I'm going to send a message off to my MP tomorrow.