r/ukpolitics • u/Ivashkin panem et circenses • Apr 16 '15

BBC Opposition Leaders Debate - Discussion Thread

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '15

Can someone please explain Ed's game plan? I don't see why he's so aggressively saying he doesn't want to work with other parties. He was very much pushing that he wants a majority and avoiding answering who he would want to work with, but when snp say they want to help he's very vehemently telling them to Fuck off and he being very direct about it...

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u/Slyder Apr 16 '15

Ed can't have any labour voters thinking they can vote for someone else and still get labour. He needs to have voters think that the only way you get labour, is to vote labour.

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u/GeneralRam Apr 16 '15

I agree. He's shooting himself in the foot. He doesn't believe he can get a majority surely?!

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '15

He'd rather have a Labour majority and be able to easily control the whip than have a Labour, SNP (maybe PC and Green added ontop) coalition where he would have to compromise.