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43% of those who Voted in GE in December chose Tory Party57% of those who opposed them chose Labour Liberal Greens etc etcSo what would people think if all those Parties with Votes of 57% joined in a Pact before next GE and agreed to put only 1 Candidate in every Constituency v 1 Tory ?Manifesto is a simple one. a) If we win we will treat it as a Mandate for Proportional Representation and introduce it immediately and b) once it is introduced we will dissolve Parliament / and dissolve the Pact with each Party returning to their own identities & will fight the next GE on PR basis (leaving only Belarus with a FPTP system)Should produce a fairer result with any party getting say 43% getting 43% of the Seats etcLib Dems getting 11% of the Vote would get 11% of the Seats (66 Seats as against 7 is it ?) . Might tempt people to vote for them if they can see them getting a fairer share of the Seats - and stop people in Seats that never change hads saying no point voting - my chosen Party never wins here OR no point in Voting cos my chosen Party always wins here so I have no need to voteIt would take organising its true and the 57% Pact members might fight like cats in a sack but what would all those preaching democracy on here and elsewhere think. After all the people would have voted for it based totally on those 2 points onlyGovt of the people by the people and FOR the peopleJust asking for a friendIf the voting remained close to that above the Pact Party would (probably) form the next Government
Absolutely Hounslow.There is a blind spot among many on the Left on this issue. They think the SNP can be part of some lovely left wing "we all want the same thing" agreement. When as you say, it is in the SNP's interests always to have a Tory Govt in Westminster because Scotland is so anti-Tory.Think back to 2015. Cameron and Sturgeon tag-teamed Miliband. Cameron kept on with the mantra that if you didn't vote for him, you'd have a Miliband-Sturgeon Govt. Then Sturgeon would immediately jump up and say "Yes, we are open to that." Polling shows that hammered Labour's support in many English seats and paved the way for Cameron's win. Which suited both Cameron and Sturgeon.