I just think it’s hilarious that Labour has for years been leaning on this “the Greens split the vote” line. Now that the shoe’s on the other foot, I’m betting they feel differently.
This result actually indicates that it’s not. The Greens won, they beat out reform by so much that even if you add the conservative vote to the reform vote, they still lose. They kicked labor down into third place. That’s not splitting the vote.
The issue is that labor is competing with the greens, and this plays into Reform’s favor :-(
I just think it’s hilarious that Labour has for years been leaning on this “the Greens split the vote” line. Now that the shoe’s on the other foot, I’m betting they feel differently.
This result actually indicates that it’s not. The Greens won, they beat out reform by so much that even if you add the conservative vote to the reform vote, they still lose. They kicked labor down into third place. That’s not splitting the vote.