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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
Well basically the election is a referendum on Brexit. So if the people don't vote in a Tory majority or the Tories can't form a coalition, then the will of the people will have apparently changed. And I'd say the current will of the people takes precedence over the will of the people a few years ago.
It shouldn't be a "referendum" on Brexit. Elections are about much, much more than one single issue. This is one reason this should have been dealt with by now.
And not everyone will view this as an EU vote, like you do. I certainly don't. Some "leave" voters might vote Labour due to our awful foreign policy. I can't vote Tory for this reason. So my vote isn't going to them. I won't vote Labour either. I don't have anyone to vote for, since BP won't be standing in my constituency. I'm either spoiling my ballot or not bothering at all.
Here's the first one. More to come I assume.
It'll certainly take more than one. Brexit party are not contending 317 seats.
Also, it's not obvious that BP standing down will help the Tories in contested seats, since the Tories will become the de facto "Brexit Party", and most of those contested seats voted Remain.
It certainly will help them. Whether it swings the balance I can't say, but it should. If these contended seats are remain seats, then it's even worse for remain, unless they organise and vote tactically. If 60% voted remain, and that is split evenly between Labour and Libs, they get 30% each and Tories get 40%. That's a massive simplification, and assumes everyone votes based on the EU, but you should see what I'm getting at. It would mean the Tories winning seats they might not otherwise have won.
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