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  • Interesting comment in there re: "stepping aside"

    "In a sign of greater cooperation between the Lib Dems and Labour, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey gave a broad hint that his voters should back Labour in next month’s Batley byelection. “Political parties campaign where they can win,” he told the Observer.

    “We thought we could win in Chesham and Amersham. Labour didn’t campaign very much. In Batley and Spen, we will have a presence – we’ve got councillors there. But we’re not going to be able to, frankly, pour in the resources that we put into Chesham and Amersham. Voters are far smarter than people give them credit for. Liberal Democrat voters may well notice that this is a Labour-held seat with the Tories in a close second, and they’ll draw their own conclusions. But that shouldn’t be stitched up in a back room by party leaders.”"

  • Came here to post that. I think it’s a really positive sign - not a formal progressive alliance but certainly some green shoots and a possible thawing of tensions.

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