Post #1479737

2026-02-17 20:25 UTC

@GlasWolf @mullvadnet The only reason I'd call that unlikely is the same reason there's any danger from Reform at all: we don't have PR. In a first-past-the-post system, the two far right parties are going to be parasitising and splitting each other's votes in most constituencies.

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@petealexharris@mastodon.scot 2026-02-17 20:26

@GlasWolf @mullvadnet I'm setting myself up for the most naively optimistic prediction followed by the most crushing disappointment aren't I? Anyway...

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@djstreethawk@mastodon.scot 2026-02-18 00:07

@petealexharris @GlasWolf @mullvadnet just as the socialists have for the last 80 years

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@zbrown@floss.social 2026-02-18 02:19

@petealexharris @GlasWolf @mullvadnet yeah it's important to remember that, whilst yes trending-down-from-30% polling figures are kinda terrifying, it really doesn't translate to 30% seats at all, especially when unlike the LibDems they don't ‘know how to play the game’. It's still plausible enough they end up the largest seat bloc, or close to, but in practise an outright majority is unlikely — so it all come down to some sorta deal with the Tories most probably.

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