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I think its likely they will do what Lab/Lib did in the past few elections where they strategically stand down candidates in tory regions to unite the vote, thus stopping people from being able to split the vote.
I'm not sure it will do much good, the numbers are very close when it comes to CON + "reform" , compared to LIB + LAB. (~10mil v ~12 mil, favouring left).
plus all the usual shennanigans of rural places getting more votes, the voters being clumped in various regions, etc etc.
I already left, so I don't care much.
Fair point. The latest YouGov poll shows 44% of British voters favouring Reform and the Tories so I guess a majority are against the Tories and Reform. But yeah, due to being split between different parties, Reform look likely to win the next election. We really should have proportional representation.
good luck getting anything when the blackshirts are in power
If Reform do win the next election then sure, I strongly doubt they would introduce proportional representation. But if the UK did have proportional representation then Reform would be nowhere near a majority in parliament, since their share of the vote (in current polling) is about 33% at most.