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This is predicated on something the polls do not and cannot convey: the selection of electable candidates. This is imaginary. Reform fielded candidates in esse
by exasperaited 1y ago
This is predicated on something the polls do not and cannot convey: the selection of electable candidates. This is imaginary.
Reform fielded candidates in essentially every constituency in 2024 and only five of them were elected. One is already sitting as an independent because he’s being investigated for pretty serious fraud and the party will not stand by him.
Again: the polls do not and cannot reflect just how difficult it would be to get from four MPs to 326.
- qcnguy 1y agoCandidates don't matter much. Labour routinely put forward absolute loons and they get elected anyway. The lack of seats in 2024 is because the election was called with three weeks notice and Reform didn't even exist at that point. Getting any MPs at all was remarkable. Since then Labour have messed up so badly that people are saying they will vote Reform without even knowing who the candidates are.