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Tactical voting to make sure the local Tory/Reform candidate doesn't win is one thing, but the suggestion that Starmer needs a huge popular vote to enact policies is completely different.
I'm happy to do the first, but I'm actively against the latter.
The real complacency is the lack of thinking about what happens in 5 years time when people's living standards haven't changed because Labour have completely boxed themselves in over tax and spending. Sure, Labour are going to win this election, but the left (or even centre left) are losing in the long run.
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Great for you that you're in a solid labour constituency so can say things like that.
However, both May and Johnson's election success shows that these things aren't set and can change very quickly.
If Starmer gets:
And Reform get:
What do you think that will do to Labour's plans over the next 5yrs?
The only way we will get any meaningful change in this country is an undisputable thumping majority. That Starmer is trying to appeal to the majority shouldn't be a reason for people to throw their toys out the pram, it is democracy and concensus politics in action.
After the last election we were looking at a Conservative government in perpetuity. The level of utter complacency from certain quarters of this forum staggers me.