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Originally Posted by Chris
It’s a bit tricky in the central belt isn’t it. Where I presently live the Tories always have a fighting chance (and have previously held the constituency) so I’ve never yet been faced with the prospect of tactical voting.
I’m likely to be moving house early next year and while it is presently proper SNP bandit country it is one of the seats previously held strongly by Labour. I might just have to hold my nose and vote for them, because the Nats have thoroughly Balkanised Scottish politics now. It’s all about nationalism and identity and nothing to do with policies. So you have to either vote for the Nat, or vote for the person most likely to unseat the Nat.
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If nobody wants one person to mean one equal vote in this country, then that's the way it is. We had the chance to move to PR but rejected it. Both of the main parties campaigned against it , and we voted as we were told, as usual. I'm sure you voted for PR at the time? That way you wouldn't have to contemplate voting for Labour, and you could be assured your vote counted.
Unless you are in one of the marginal constituencies, your vote means diddly squat. That's democracy, UK style.