Would you approve of an “rainbow” coalition of progressive parties?

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Based on current polling, the most likely outcome of a general election would be Reform largest party, but no majority. In those circumstances, would you approve of Labour / Green / Lib Dem / possibly SNP coalition if they had enough seats to reach a majority?

Not a chance

Pretty much all our local MP's went Lib Dem at the last election. As did our councils. They, are, all, useless. ..... Not seen or heard a squeak out of them since. Best local MP.... Jeremy Hunt, ha, out and about, actually proactive meaningful things to help the community.

Local Lib Dem just got Julie Bindel evicted from the local Pride event. Priorities 🙄

I support PR. I know this would mean coalitions. They work in many countries and deliver, just as much as the UK and US system of government.

Germany currently (and for a while since) has a PR problem.

The 2024 election was a massive anti-Tory vote… much more than a pro-Labour/LD vote. Labour were cowardly and went out of their way not to stand for anything in particular, boxing themselves in unnecessarily with taxes to come across as bland and boring, and then rode to victory on the coattails of the Tories unpopularity.

Although I wouldn’t support them, I don’t see why the Greens under their new leader Polanski wouldn’t join up with Corbyn/Zultana’s party. They’re neo-Marxist peas in a pod! How are they different in any meaningful way?

Some of the MPs who are affiliated with Your Party believe that men cannot become women, and the Greens would have a problem with that obvs.

Also Polanski is Jewish, which would be another problem for them.

What’s your definition of progressive here please?

The Greens have lots of pro-Gaza supporters, including the Muslim deputy leader… I suspect some Greens are gender-critical too, especially those in rural areas (those like Suffolk which will get wiped out the next election now the party is unequivocally left wing!

Yes they should get together. It’s mostly about inequality now. The underlying focus is almost the same.

What a dreadful proposition!!!

If you were a sensible grown up, would you get into politics?

In some states, they still do (though Trump has started sending troops into cities he doesn't like).

But women's reproductive rights are fast being eroded in some other states.

Not to mention the anti-DEI crusade. Contrary to the way it's sometimes presented, DEI isn't just about hiring women and minorities; it's about protecting employees from harassment and discrimination for being women or minorities.

And it's not just Trump whom Farage supports. He has spoken sympathetically of the likes of Andrew Tate,

Thank you for writing so succinctly what I wanted to say!

I interpret 'progressive' here as simply meaning 'opposed to the right wing'.

I think that, as we have FPTP., tactical voting against Reform candidates would be more effective than trying to form coalitions.

Latest poll data showed Reform having an outright majority for the first time. Thank you Angela.

Good points. I would also like to know what rights people think they would lose if reform were voted in?

No, the current PM always gets the first invitation to form a government from the reigning monarch. That's how Theresa May stayed in power - she didn't have an outright majority, but managed to cobble together a confidence-and-supply deal with the DUP, which is all that's necessary to run the country. "Supply" for daily business-as-usual stuff, and "confidence" so that the leadership can survive a confidence motion.

I remember May but she still had a larger vote

The 2017 General Election resulted in a hung Parliament, with no party winning an overall majority. The Conservative Party won the largest number of seats and votes, taking 317 seats and 42.3% of the vote, up from 36.8% in 2015. The Labour Party won 262 seats

I‘m wondering what happens if there’s no out right majority but a different party to the incumbent gets more votes. Google seems to suggest both things, it mentions the incumbent and largest party deciding.

It's as I said:

https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/hung-parliament/

The sitting PM gets asked to try to form a coalition, then they can try to govern as a minority, then they can resign and the leader of the largest opposition party gets asked to have a crack at it (and they have the same options).

The key part is "asked" - they must be invited to do so by the sitting monarch, because all power flows from the Crown. It would be interesting in this case, because King Charles is something of a wildcard compared to his predecessors. The monarchy would only be able to do something unconventional in this process once, at which point that power would be taken away from them. He may decide that, with no parties of value and the spectre of Reform hanging over the country, now's that "one time".

May we live in interesting times, eh?

None of them. I’ve lost faith in all politics.
They’re all corrupt hypocrites one way or another. Most don’t even know what a woman is. I despair that we have a choice between corrupt clowns, corrupt ideological clowns, or corrupt racist clowns.

No, they hate women and the white working class.

Honestly, I would love it. All the progressive parties have their pros and cons, so hopefully they’d temper each others’ weakness and learn from each others’ strengths.

Or it could all go wrong and be the other way around of course!

I think the markets would give us a hard time. Look at what they do when Reeves has an off day in the HoC or looks sidelined. Just a tiny thing, let alone a whole raft of higher spenders in power.

No. It would be an exercise in fuckwittery, job creation schemes for corrupt mps, cost a bloody fortune to organise, run and then wind back.

Can't bear sunak but he was right in his prediction of the economy under labour.

Stamer really is fucking useless. He can't get a grip of anything. Pick one thing and sort it OUT.

Post office payouts
Boats and borders