GreyShuck@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 months agoLow general election turnout likely with ‘dull as dishwater’ Sunak and Starmerwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down12
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkLow general election turnout likely with ‘dull as dishwater’ Sunak and Starmerwww.theguardian.comGreyShuck@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareTeddyKila [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down8·6 months agoStrategic voting has always been farcial. If you can’t be bold enough as to vote for the party you want, you can’t act surprised when you do not receive the country you want.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months ago If you can’t be bold enough as to vote for the party you want, you can’t act surprised when you do not receive the country you want. Very deep. Except we don’t live in fantasyland so you have to do what’s necessary.
minus-squareTeddyKila [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·5 months agoHow does capitulating before you even arrive at the negotiating table a solution to that?
minus-squareLKPU26@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s a vote, not a negotiation. Unless it is a ranked preference vote, which the UK General Election isn’t (FPTP).
Strategic voting has always been farcial.
If you can’t be bold enough as to vote for the party you want, you can’t act surprised when you do not receive the country you want.
Very deep. Except we don’t live in fantasyland so you have to do what’s necessary.
Ever heard of splitting the vote?
How does capitulating before you even arrive at the negotiating table a solution to that?
It’s a vote, not a negotiation. Unless it is a ranked preference vote, which the UK General Election isn’t (FPTP).