As per the initial comment, those that didn't vote Tory mostly moved to Reform not to LibDem.
Because LibDem wouldn't make sense, as a pro-trans, pro-EU, pro-increase tax to pay for public services party they don't offer anything that Tories want.
That was a wishful thinking comment that some Tories might want to not move far-right, those that find the Tories unpalatable due to their shitty views have already moved.
I would suggest that your more likely to find folks who voted LibDem to move to Green now that they've rebranded themselves to something other than crusty hippies. I know my mother moved from voting LibDem to Green.
LibDems? We did vote for AV, and the 51% idiots voted against it.
AV for Commons, PR for the Lords replacement.
Ah, but these numbers come from this past election.
If we had PR then people would be more likely to vote Green because you don't have to be tactical. Your vote goes to a Green seat, rather than voting for another party to keep Tories out.
significant share who'll vote Lib Dem or Tory, but not Labour
Citation required for that.
The Liberal Party, which is now the modern LibDems, was founded as opposition to the Tories. Their values are completely different, which is why most LibDem voters were concerned about the coalition.
Labour was founded to represent workers rights, the Greens for the planets rights, and the LibDems for social rights.
The Tories are toxic for all three of those.
LibDems made smaller gains
I'm not talking about gains, LibDems already split the vote, Reform is just now doing the same to the Tories.
LibDems are not the same as the Tories. However I would concede that if the LibDems folded, the membership could easily move to Green.
How do you convince the EU to let us back in?
We'll need a couple of Labour terms before they'll answer the phone.
By that statement though, the LibDems split the left vote and so if your going to compare, you'll need to add the liberal vote to the Labour as that's where they would go if LibDems disappeared.
We already have the left wing vote split by Labour, Lib Dem and Green.
If you want to claim the 36%, you'll need to add up the left wing parties together.
That Haribo bit was weird.
And Ed Davey is far too much fun to be an MP!
They've also got the Xbox interface for controllers, the reason they don't make Windows better for this scenario is that they already have XBox and making a SwitchBox interferes with their plan to make everything shit.
Mr. Upperty is now Mr. Snooty? When did that happen?
Yeah, I know Mr. Adventure as he is plastered all over the airport play areas.
But there are a lot that I don't know. I assume like Mr. Adventure, they were created for corporate sponsorship.
Absolutely. But they want everyone to know they are using Windows, which if there was a custom shell then they wouldn't.
They have >95% of the market, they don't care about making a good interface for TVs as they already lost it to Android, and they don't care about making a good gaming interface as they already have XBox.
Windows users are an inconvenience, that they want to milk.
No, Microsoft don't allow it. As part of the distribution licence you are not allowed to customise the OOB interface.
People don't know it's Linux, but it's absolutely because of Linux that it works.
Alternative voting system? Nah let's let the Tories scare the general public off the idea for the foreseeable future
You are seriously going to blame them for what the Tories did?
which would likely never have happened if the lib dems didn't form the coalition
They did suggest a Labour coalition first until Labour said "no fucking way would we ever share power with anyone", and they fell for the Tory lies.
Not that I'm voting LibDem, but victim blaming seems to be about right based upon the rest of your comment.
Around here Labour similarly have been posting dodgy graphs.
It's been 63% Tory, with LibDems generally 18%, Labour 15% and the final ~5% split out between the others.
Labours acted like they've been the only convincing challenge. They all do it, because it's all wishful thinking.
We have a Methodist minister standing for Labour here, so they haven't got my vote anyway.
Because you'll also need to convince the other members of the EU that we aren't going to come in, shit in the corner and then fuck off again?
Yes it's a long time, but we have burnt so many fucking bridges.
Are you thinking of the LEZ and ULEZ? The purpose of the congestion zone is to discourage vehicles completely. It's congested in the City, take your car and go away.
The CC is just the area around Westminster, you will have a discount for an electric inside the M25 through the LEZ charge.
They could call it Windows Console Edition, or WinCE.
Pretty depressing reading.
[Edit] I had the archive link as a comment but this has gained enough traction that it's not obvious. Here it is again so you don't have to give FT any clicks https://archive.is/ypkln
There are lots of things that can be put down to personal taste, however I can't let this abomination go.
I am referring to Branston Smooth.
I love Branston Pickle, but I can't get on board with Branston paste. Is there a better example where a manufacturer made an updated version of a food that was objectively worse?
I've picked up an eink Android tablet, which is awesome. However I have plenty of ebooks I've purchased over the years on places such as Humble, and I was wondering whether there was a self hosted solution like Plex/Emby/Jellyfin but designed for ebooks.
I've seen Calibre but it doesn't seem to be quite the same thing, and running a sync is a bit clunky for the spouse factor.
Is there anything that would index the books, show a bookshelf and allow me to read them, with offline support?
Preferably with an Android app for reading with, and the reader handling eink rather than scrolling.
While three armed and masked people robbed a check cashing business in Commerce City, someone else stole their getaway vehicle, police said.
> Posting archive link as 9news blocks the UK.
The Six Nations is live on free-to-air channels BBC and ITV in the UK (a deal that runs until 2025). The 2024 Six Nations is shared between the two channels with matches being available on their…
In addition to BBC and ITV showing the matches, Netflix had been documenting the time between the 2023 and 2024 Six Nations.
West Berkshire has the highest number of school exclusions in the county.
West Berkshire has the highest number of school exclusions in the county.
And it has more than twice the number of school suspensions in state-run and special schools under its control.
Government data says 1,263 suspensions were issued in West Berkshire in the 22.23 autumn term to 532 pupils.
That compares to 569 in Reading, 401 in Slough, 406 in Windsor and Maidenhead and 358 in Wokingham.
Probably just me being a little grumpy after getting a phone call from Southern Water, but it feels a little unreasonable that I only get billed every 6 months (I can't make it more frequent), and they expect a random amount to be settled within the week.
I got a bill last week and I'm already recieving phone calls because I'm "late", even though it's only the first, since now it's payday I'll pay it but I'm not happy with the harassment.
‘Wastelands of my Fathers’ is a new exhibition taking a vivid look into an under-reported chapter in punk’s story.
We aren't leading the world: we're trying to catch up
A few games have been shown on the World Rugby website, but not via YouTube directly on their website, it's unclear why but does anyone know how to rewatch these matches if you missed them?
We will be visiting Manchester this coming weekend, and was wondering if there any locals here that might be able to suggest anything that might be quirky and fun to go and see?
For context, I have 13 and 8 year old daughters to try and keep interested so I want to mix a couple of things to keep them interested in with the things I want to do. I think doing a run around some of the vintage stores and the Pankhurst Centre could be good but does anyone have any other suggestions?