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Low general election turnout likely with ‘dull as dishwater’ Sunak and Starmer (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] li10@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

At the end of the day they need to win the election.

At this point I’d 100% take a shitty labour government that’s compromising, because it’s the first step to moving things back to the left.

If we had a better voting system then go for it, but I just think it’s silly for someone to waste a vote (if they aren’t in a safe seat).

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

because it’s the first step to moving things back to the left

How? If labour get in while acting like tories, what exactly is encouraging them to move back left?

[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Funnily enoguh I'm in a Labour safe seat and commented in another post my thiking on the vote:

I was gonna vote Green but they’re so non-existant in my constituency I may vote Lib Dem who are 4th. It’s a Labour safe seat so it’s not handing it to the Tories to vote my conscience. I’m Green economically but Lib Dem socially. Since Lib Dems are higher I’ll put my vote there.