Mailwatch(ed) Forum

Greens are becoming a bit like Lib Dems in local elections (and my constituency in the General Election in 2024, of course) in that they can get votes from almost anywhere by working hard. Hard to see how this coalition lasts in the longer term, but like the Lib Dems, the lower profile means that the internal; coalition can be more stable than the range of opinions might suggest. "Not those houses, not there" can do a lot of work. Miliband and Starmer have been attacking the Greens on this sort of stuff, and I think they're right to do so.

Has Lembit there noticed that lots of votes for Reform aren't replacing Labour at all, but replacing Kemi, if not in terms of 2024 votes, but in terms of where the Opposition might reasonably be after the new government had raised taxes and cut populist freebies. It may not be entirely bad news for Labour. Though that does sound a bit like the strategy that bit Ed Milliband on the arse.

The Greens are like the Lib Dems in that there's a tendency to think of them as our reserves, who we can call on in an emergency. 2010 should have
taught the folly of that idea.

I'd take this.

I wonder if Reform candidates and their voters have complex and subtle thoughts