In at least 80 constituencies LibDem are the challengers to Tories, not Labour.
So the point of voting LibDem is to get rid of a Tory and add to a strong third party on the Commons who have some very sensible policies. Itās conceivable, but unlikely, that they could be the official opposition. Some polls predict this, but there will be quite a few unthinking Tory sheep that will follow their mendacious and misguided leader at the last moment.
Another reason is, if you believe in fairness, public services and social democracy, the LibDems are the party offering it since Labour became Tory lite.
Labour donāt want to campaign aggressively as they winning and the more they do, the more chance of fucking up.
The Tories have many problems. They know theyāre going to lose. Many canāt be bothered to campaign and are lining up the next jobā¦Senior Tories donāt want to be too associated with Sunak if theyāre out to replace him so theyāre not turning out. About 100 current Tory MPs arenāt standing as they only like being in power, not opposition. And theyāre desperately short of money. Donors wonāt throw cash at a lost cause and they have to save for a rebuild. When senior Conservatives are describing it as the worst campaign ever, no wonder Sunak is alone.
Iāve no comment on the other parties (especially Reform) except to say my party (LibDem) have run a very focused campaign on 80 seats where they have a chance. They canāt afford more. And Ed Davey has adopted his stunt a day campaign to grab attention, which (as I have personally discussed with him) he wonāt get talking from a lectern or in front of a staged audience. Once heās got attention, heās usually got a serious point across.
On the social media campaign, I think it has been less effective as understanding of bot-driven likes and replies has grown. Only Reform seem to have gone all-in on TikTok and Facebook.
Rocked up at the polling station early without the poll card / letter (it said on it i didnāt have to take it, so i didnāt) to be met by a middle aged bird who said āwhereās your poll card?ā
āDidnāt bring it, it said i didnāt have toā
āHow do I know where you live?ā
āItās on my driving licence in front of youā
Adjusts glasses, āI canāt read that, itās too smallā
āItās gonna be a long day for you, then loveā
If she could have told me to fuck off, then she would have, iām sure.
On way home from work to vote - any excuse to leave the office early and avoid āsocial drinksā with people Iād rather avoid ( theyāre probably saying the same about me tbf)
Nope, that is too cynical. I suggest Labour will have struggled to do anything given the 2 trillion of debt they inheritā¦ but I would hope that at least we are not seeing blatant corruption on an unbelievable scale that we have seen by this bunch of cunts who have brass necked it out simply because of populist politicā¦ politicians who speak with integrity and passion are seen as patronizing and āout of touch with popular cultureā
And lets deal with the fucking elephant that has escaped the fucking room, a dumbed down culture politically, fed a daily diet of dross and shite on the internetā¦ Labour wont win because the public view them as a trusted party with strong ideals and policy to help deal with the waiting lists and poverty, they will win because they are not the Toriesā¦and the troglodytes in the North if not switching back to Labour will go with Uncle ā not really a racistā Nigel.
Politics is broken in part because the traditional party lines are less āpracticalā in the modern world. Yes we still have big issues if social divide, poverty and inequality, but it seems no longer the selflessness to put paying for a solution at the top of the agendaā¦
Itās worth remembering the high ideals that led to the last Labour administrationās main legacy, which was 100,000 - 500,000 deaths in Iraq on the pretext of a lie they knew to be a lie. Itās time for a change, and the tories thoroughly deserve whatever electoral carnage is wreaked upon them tonight. Iām glad you acknowledge itās not a positive vote in favour of the odious Starmerās Labour, but a vote against the toxic incumbents.
