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27. And yet - wouldn't a strong Green Party showing mostly end up benefiting the Tories?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #16)

Sat May 2, 2026, 05:27 PM

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Not being British, I'll defer to your obviously better insights on this - but I can't help but suspect that, in a first-past-the-post system, that's just how the cookie would end up crumbling.

Or, should I say, the tea biscuit (which reminds me - I'm out of Digestives!).

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