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muriel_volestrangler

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10. Since nominations have closed, and he's not on the lists, and has gone quiet on Twitter,

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2019, 06:12 PM

May 2019

it looks like Lord Buckethead is not going to stand after all in South East England:

https://twitter.com/lordbuckethead?lang=en

He may have been serious enough to not want to split the vote.

I'll vote Lib Dem; tactical or not, it's the party I tend to vote for, their top of the list is a perfectly good MEP at the moment, and there's no-one at the top of other lists who's a must-have in the Parliament.

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Who are you planning to vote for on the 23rd? [View all] Soph0571 May 2019 OP

Which region are you in? LeftishBrit May 2019 #1

London Soph0571 May 2019 #4

Me, on the 26th, for Greens and the Real Left, which means Unidas Podemos Ghost Dog May 2019 #2

3 options for Remainers T_i_B May 2019 #3

Another option available here, so SNP. Denzil_DC May 2019 #5

I don't get a vote (been out of UK too long) but I'd vote LibDem. mwooldri May 2019 #6

Gina Miller has launched Remain United, which claims data on tactical voting for Remain parties muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #7

Their charts show the same result for the Scotland region with and without tactical voting. Denzil_DC May 2019 #8

It's hard to know what these elections should be seen as muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #9

I was curious about the 50% switcher target. Denzil_DC May 2019 #11

"Avoid trumpeting the Euro elections as a proxy for a referendum." Good Point. Ghost Dog May 2019 #12

The Liberal Democrat manifesto is here T_i_B May 2019 #13

Thanks. I see the Green Party's manifesto here: Ghost Dog May 2019 #14

Since nominations have closed, and he's not on the lists, and has gone quiet on Twitter, muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #10

Polling day is tomorrow. T_i_B May 2019 #15

The only leaflet I have had is the Brexit Party! Soph0571 May 2019 #16

Ditto here is South East (also Change/TIG; but no Tory one!) LeftishBrit May 2019 #17

No Change UK / TIG leaflets here T_i_B May 2019 #18