Cute.
The Electoral Reform Society also favours STV, they probably chose AMS here as modeling it from FPTP isn't complete guess work.
This assumes that the people that voted for Shaheen would've voted Labour if she didn't stand. IDS got 35% of the vote, so Labour (who got 25%) would've needed just under half of Shaheen's 25% to win. I'm sure some would have switched to Labour, but 40%? Do you think the kind of voter that would vote for Shaheen directly wouldn't vote Green out of protest of what happened to her?
How do you simultaneously hold the positions that she split the vote but wouldn't have won if she was the Labour candidate? If she was the Labour candidate, the vote wouldn't have been split.
She only started standing as an independent on the 5 June, less than a month from the election, and got only 78 less votes than Labour. Regardless of what you think of her, that's impressive and it's clear if Labour hadn't deselected her, they would've won.
Alternatively, Starmer's factionalism handed IDS the seat. Despite her strong grassroot support, they still tried to gamble so they wouldn't have another Corbynist in the backbenches.
When Comrade Keir triggers Charles' second phase and he performs Scarlet Aeonia.
We could stop selling Israel weapons.
Labour gaining only 1.6% more votes from 2019 but getting 211 more seats really shows how unserious our electoral system truly is.
5 pro-Gaza independents elected, making them the fifth largest group in Parliament.
The sixth one is a Alex Easton in North Down (banger name), Northern Ireland. He's a former member of the DUP so I doubt he'd be popular around here.
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