MatthewToad43 on Nostr: The overall popular vote numbers do help, yes. But building capacity and credibility ...
The overall popular vote numbers do help, yes.
But building capacity and credibility at a local level is the only way to actually achieve power.
The Greens did well in all recent local elections. Hopefully they will be a credible second in more seats after the election.
As Labour moves to the right, more left leaning seats may move to more left leaning parties. For now, Labour has enough support from further right that it probably doesn't matter to them.
The broader worry is simply that centre right policies cannot actually solve the country's immediate and increasingly urgent problems.
Having said that, a landslide would make the fascists getting in in 2029 less likely. Except it's not "a landslide" that is the issue: it's the *number of tory seats*, regardless of the number of Labour seats. If they lose to the Liberals or the Greens that's just as good for me (and there are one or two seats that look like becoming Green/Tory marginals).
What I said in the previous message about Lib/Lab marginals wasn't quite honest. In a seat like Cambridge, for me, it'd be a toss-up between Green and Liberal. Because the Liberals support proportional representation, and might be part of a coalition in 2029. Tricky - my choice might go either way.
But building capacity and credibility at a local level is the only way to actually achieve power.
The Greens did well in all recent local elections. Hopefully they will be a credible second in more seats after the election.
As Labour moves to the right, more left leaning seats may move to more left leaning parties. For now, Labour has enough support from further right that it probably doesn't matter to them.
The broader worry is simply that centre right policies cannot actually solve the country's immediate and increasingly urgent problems.
Having said that, a landslide would make the fascists getting in in 2029 less likely. Except it's not "a landslide" that is the issue: it's the *number of tory seats*, regardless of the number of Labour seats. If they lose to the Liberals or the Greens that's just as good for me (and there are one or two seats that look like becoming Green/Tory marginals).
What I said in the previous message about Lib/Lab marginals wasn't quite honest. In a seat like Cambridge, for me, it'd be a toss-up between Green and Liberal. Because the Liberals support proportional representation, and might be part of a coalition in 2029. Tricky - my choice might go either way.