Conservatives face fire from all sides and risk of falling victim to tactical voting

“It’s not just the poll lead but the risk of tactical shifts which further diminish the Conservative vote share and capacity to win seats.”
The Conservatives fear that voters turning to Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats in constituencies with small majorities will propel Labour into government, explains visiting professor at LSE Tony Travers.
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[@Cherrytune386]

Tactical voting all the way. Cons OUT.

[@catherinemartin6258]

❤👊👍🏻

[@ArjunGhag-ix7te]

●Starmer is very untrustworthy as per all polls. He will betray UK Jews & UK HRE commission will find Labour guilty of racism again as there are many Azar Ali type jew haters running to be MP's. He breaks promises a lot & gives no deep details nil big details none extensive details, so voters will distrust him till the cows come home. A Synagogue was attacked in France last week. A Chicago woman rabbi was killed by a pro-Palestinian protester. When leaflet dropping starts & they see the star of David on the door, u know what the Labour muslim & racist marxist campaigners will do & it will be front page in the newspapers every day.

[@zakjuly6721]

We replacing him with another imbicle 😂

[@TheApowell72]

I'd vote for Genghis Khan if he was most likely to beat the Tories.

[@ThePixey1000]

@@zakjuly6721 Then dont be a sheep and stop voting labour / Tories there are other parties get a backbone if you want change if not stop moaning you had your chance.

[@FRU.No.1]

Remember when Boris ran from debates with Corbyn and didnt turn up when he said he would and that was all fine apparently?

[@marvellis6762]

By any means necessary to remove the deeply corrupt Conservative Party

[@ThePixey1000]

@marvellis6762 Labour are the same VOTE REFORM UK if you really want change.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Vote reform help lsbour surely people can see thst. They are not going to get enough votes yo form a government. They will take votes away from Conservative voters not labour so fo y want to help labour. When they are established better it might be different

[@susanpettitt713]

Vote strategically and change the broken country.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

ZERO SEATS!!!

[@ThePixey1000]

@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu WHO ?????

[@JimTimber]

Trump for prison 2024 💪💪💙💙

[@catherinemartin6258]

😂👍🏻👊

[@maccagrabme]

You think Biden is going to protect the west?

[@ianrogerburton1670]

I hope you´re not a doctor or you would mix up your cases.

[@nickyd922]

The beautiful outcome is neither conservatives nor reform will govern because they will never command a majority

[@ThePixey1000]

@nickyd922 No because for over a century the country as voted Labour Tory Labour Tory and so on they dont have the backbone to vote for a third party then they Moan they deserve all they get.

[@Samuel.Sharman]

@@ThePixey1000Hence why I am voting Lib dem. We need more support for different parties!

[@yuna-1971]

LABOUR LANDSLIDE, let’s F’KING GO !!!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@maccagrabme]

Just you wait and see.

[@yuna-1971]

@@maccagrabme lol..Reform voter. See how you get on.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lizdocherty3067]

​@@yuna-1971a lot better than your company (it's not a party) no doubt you will have Neanderthal setting up a few interviews with his friends, and a video of Habib laughing while he watches children drown in the channel.

[@robc7162]

Starmer has already confirmed he will debate Sunak just not 1 per week!

[@rossmurray6849]

EXACTLY the same thing exists for the Labour Party at all elections. They lose votes on their left to the Greens and on their right to the LibDems. These types of consequences will continue being present as long as the first-past-the-vote voting method remains in place. And the Conservatives could have changed that to a proportional or single transferrable voting method at the same time as they dispensed with the fixed terms of parliament. The reason they didn't do that was they calculated that it was not in their long term interests.

[@aresivrc1800]

Vote Them Out!

[@johnburrows3385]

Tactical voting will be massive this time. One polling expert stated that Labour needed a 13 point lead for an overall majority. The reality, a 5 point lead will be enough.

[@peterdollins3610]

Tactical voting, yes. Why do the Murdoch Goons not put Mr Curtis on? Is it because this leading expert of the Polls says it is impossible for the Tories to win or form a Government?

[@ThePixey1000]

@peterdollins3610 I am voting REFORM UK because I am not a sheep voting Labour Tory Labour Tory Labour Tory like all the other spineless people of the UK. I checked out REFORM and they are a very smart partie so much so I went to their meetings. TACTICS never came into it this country and real change did.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

Oh dear, how tragic. 🤣🤣😂😂🐱🐱💩🧀🐷🚣‍♂️.

[@jasoncooper9391]

Tactical vote 😂😂😂 oh yes

[@zakjuly6721]

Planned escape from Rishi call the election and escape to Sunny California ❤... love it

[@hgf4030]

hahahha time for some policies for young people not just nimby pensioners. goodbye tories!

[@thehealinggame]

Yes i am VOTING TACTICALLY then hoping Labour win and remove the voter suppression measures that the hard right Tory elite have introduced to try and gain an unfair advantage for themselves.

[@preachyourstory3452]

Reform did 'fairly well' in UK local elections? They won a grand total of 2 seats and their vote share was small enough to be lumped together with 'others'. Why are you choosing to talk up Reform when the Lib Dems performed much, much better in local elections and are actually likely to win a useful number of Commons seats?

[@saragonmcenany6229]

Tony Travers getting some informed contributions for once instead Barrage & Vice

[@VincentPeters-vs2us]

Has anyone seen Michael Gove? I heard he's wetting his knife sharpener. Friday 13th would be less scarier than what many Tories are soon to face. Oh joy.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Gove is not standing.Just been announced.

[@nickbarton3191]

They didn't want PR, but the Tories will suffer because of FPTP. And so we stagger between the two major parties for another 50 years.

[@pokerformuppets]

I'd hardly say they suffer from FPTP. If (as likely) they lose this election, they'll still come second. Under a PR system where tactical voting became pointless, they might come fifth.

[@michaelmather7352]

Mostly from labour and a little bit from the pop up party Reform

[@pip1723]

Good the country can finally show the tories the door.

[@joelcutting3954]

Good

[@JohnShaw-zm2pc]

Vote out to help out. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@JEng-oc1lc]

“You can’t eat it”. …☹️

[@1967deek]

vote out to help out

[@pastyman001]

Libdem but voting Labour to get Tory out in Banbury

[@dougtsax]

"needs attention" - some understatement

[@ThePixey1000]

Then dont be a sheep and vote Labour or Tory grow a backbone and vote for a third party done be a seesaw voter Labour Tory Labor Tory Labour Tory then Moan Moan Moan when they promised and do not deliver.

[@orchidhouse297]

If the debate resembles PQT in any way all we will get is Sunak telling us Labour has no plan. boring

[@GeoffV-k1h]

Voters in many constituencies will choose the candidate most likely to defeat the Tory . This is why the Tories will gain fewer seats than their vote share suggests they will end with.

[@ThomasBoyd-gx9wr]

Awesome. Cheap energy bills £1100 per year in Britain before the crisis Thomas. Are more Tory MPs scandals yes had call UK general election in July 4th 2024 in England.

[@finderoftruths]

Shil shill shill shill shill shill shill shill.

[@pianoflat]

🇬🇧🔚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪

[@BrianHamilton-zv6on]

A failed empire gotta laugh at that tactical voting lol maybe just rig the election same as youse done with the Scottish referendum karma eh 😂🤣

[@PerriBelcourt]

British are puppet for the American and Boris Johnson stop the peace talks

[@PlatformNo14]

It wasn't rigged. I voted at the time. Don't you think the SNP would have said something if it was rigged?

[@BrianHamilton-zv6on]

@@PlatformNo14 go do more research bro plenty open links pn it

[@MackemdownsouthF.T.M]

Sunak went all the way to Inverness for 20 minutes in a factory then left. Pointless just like him. Im voting Reform, regardless. P.s dont bother responding with the normal jargon... notifications are off 🇬🇧✌️

[@lizdocherty3067]

His visit to Scotland was pointless as we Scots have the brains to recognise an eejit when we see them, only 4 Tory MPs in Scotland.

[@hgf4030]

and they will get 0 seats :D

[@marcusott2973]

​@hgf4030 reform seems to have a bunch of trolls online, though.....weirdos

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Why want starmer not go on tv with sunak. Amswer that you leftists.

[@davekirton4096]

He is!

[@tenniskinsella7768]

@@davekirton4096 I read he wasn't so he flip flopped again

[@davekirton4096]

@@tenniskinsella7768 No, he never said he wasn't, it was some papers that said he wasn't.

[@brushe8025]

Sewage , Post Office, Blood . Why would you follow the cons.

[@michaelathanasiou2030]

If the nation want to send British culture-heritage and their way of life by voting immigration friendly parties ( as Starmer says, it's their choice ) I don't care, Iam Greek--LOL

[@hgf4030]

No one really cares about that mate. We just care about government that funds the nhs properly, builds housing and looks after the roads and public transport better.

[@neilmachon9828]

Migrants, All of all of us. Me a white one. Ha ha twice once removed