4. Tactical Voting - What's it all about?

Josh Russell, from FORWARD DEMOCRACY which spearheads the MOVEMENT FORWARD campaign is a massive advocate of tactical voting. In another exclusive episode of The Trouble With Politics, he and I discuss using your vote to try and ensure that the change, which seem to be indicated in the polls, becomes reality for the General Elections. AND he’s got an interesting take on how it could work for the forthcoming local elections. But also, I quiz Josh on what happens next if voters decide they do want to vote tactically? Then what? Tune in Further reading: LOCAL ELECTIONS Thursday 2 May 2024: WHO AM I VOTING FOR? Check here: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/your-election-information Check you’ve got the right VOTER ID: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id Main tactical voting website STOP THE TORIES VOTE – ‘A tactical voting tool by The Movement Forward’ https://stopthetories.vote/ 1997 TACTICAL VOTING INFO Josh referred to how tactical voting worked in 1997, here’s a Guardian comment piece by Will Hutton in the run up to the 2019 General Election reflecting on that: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/08/tactical-voting-helped-rescue-britain-in-1997-we-can-do-it-again Recent Politico review: https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/politico-london-influence/lets-talk-tactics-2/ DATA DROP Josh mentioned data released by Best for Britain on 6 April, which said’13 million Brits ready to vote tactically and identifies 510 ‘tactical voting seats’ key to keeping Tories out of Number 10 for a decade’. Read the full report: https://www.bestforbritain.org/tactical_vote_mrp_spring_2024 Good Morning Britain / Survation poll revealed Monday 29 April 2024: https://x.com/GMB/status/1784815936509227045 Labour’s New Policy Forum website: https://www.policyforum.labour.org.uk/ And report on current voting system of First Past The Post https://www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk/news/fptp-flawed-and-damaging MEDIA REGULATION Media regulation is alive and kicking in the UK. Make any complaints you want to about newspapers and other printed publications direct to the media organisation and to the regulators, of which there are several! IPSO https://www.ipso.co.uk/ IMPRESS https://www.impressorg.com/ OFCOM (covers broadcasting) https://www.ofcom.org.uk/ Other sites of interest HACKED OFF: https://hackinginquiry.org/ SOCIETY OF EDITORS https://www.societyofeditors.org/ TTWP PODCAST SITE https://marverinecole.co.uk/podcast/ TTWP CROWDFUNDER: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-trouble-with-politics-podcast/contact#start