So, here is the problem. Theresa May and the Tories have got to go. Not completely, not in a majority, not in power. Always good to keep a few around to scare the children with if they misbehave.
So, with that as the aim, how to achieve it.
Accepting that we don’t actually have a democratic electoral system in the UK – first past the post is always going to be a minority ruling the majority – we need to use what we have to get the right people into power.
And that brings us to tactical voting. And that is where some of the tribalism still hinders a real alternative to the Tories.
There are three parties – Labour, Liberal Democrats and Green – who have a sufficient commonality of purpose and compassion to produce a strong alternative to the heartless self-servers we have in power at present.
And credit to the Green Party, who have actually stood down candidates to enhance the chances of defeating the Tory incumbent. But they have stood down for a Lib Dem candidate.
Now, the Greens and Lib Dems may not like it but, numerically, the Labour Party is the country’s best bet to remove the Tories and stop the slide.
So, why not do what politicians have always done and make some deals. And it doesn’t have to be secret, unless the prospect of cooperative government – mustn’t use the ‘c’ word – is going to be too hard a sell to their supporters in public.
A progressive alliance government, putting people first, with division of representation based on an agreed proportional formula, is a clear and simple solution.
But the divisions between the parties – shouted loudly by their leaders – makes that a virtual impossibility so close to the election, which means the opposition vote is split.
And that makes the choice easier, and starker, and one that many will find hard to do.
But Labour is the best bet to oust the Tories, and that is the bottom line.
The ONLY bottom line.
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