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Thread #162232 Message #3863965
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
02-Jul-17 - 09:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Time to choose on June 8th-UK Elections
Subject: RE: BS: Time to choose on June 8th-UK Elections
Tactical noting is tricky. It's a rotten substitute for the Alternative Voting system we rejected (or rather 28% of the electorate rejected most people didn't vote), unsatisfactory as it was as a system.
But it probably made a diifference in a lot of places where Green voters went for Labour.
I imagine there must be a lot of Scots wishing they hadn't saved the Tories by their tactical voting. Alright, they've made Nicola Sturgeon back off from a referendum, but she'd likely have done that if Labour successfully pushed for a Brexit that would involve some way of helping the Scots have some special status with the EU that protected their interests.