I think the main opposition to a Labour government will be people like yourself Phil; the honest and principled Labour grassroots needs to both hold them to account and push them to offer the progressive change the UK needs !!
Yea no, if he keeps calling them out on their BS, his membership might be lost in the post. Sad but I'll be taking his coming opinions with even more salt than usual, he's good in things, Corbyn aside, but going forward he may not be as good.
The biggest opposition to labour will be labour rebels, which could be a good thing or not. Concerns how the far-right supporting mass media interpret these things, how they push their nasty agenda and how Labour can find ways to contain what could become a very real threat to our (flawed...) democracy in the UK, without being anti-democratic themselves.
Phil has spent years at this point consistently smearing the honest and principled Labour grassroots as the "extreme left", as "nutters", as "working to get the Tories elected". He's consistently supported the right-wing takeover of the party. What makes you think he'll suddenly reverse course when they're elected?
The conservative election leaflet arrived at me today. It had an interesting statement on it" Kia starmer needs you to vote lib dem". In my constituency that is good advice which I think I will follow. I wasn't expecting the Tories to help labour to that extent!
But why would you believe that line or any other, from a Tory? Just because he says it that doesn't mean it's true. Even they would hesitate to blurt out their biggest rival for 2nd place in an election leaflet. Wouldn't it be better to check with stop the tories?
Funny lot the Tories. Who would have thought that since the fall of Johnson everything the Tories have done makes them look as though they want Farage to take them over and turn them into the UK equivalent of MAGA?
@@franciscollingwood7372 Purdah rules are for government and ministers so they do not use official resources to affect the election t doesn't prevent something like stop the tories from being talked about
We need to vote tactically to stop Farage getting anywhere near parliament. That is more critical than stopping any one Tory MP. If a Tory is in the best place to stop him, then tactical voting sites need to swallow it and recommend them. If Farage gets a foothold then we will have far bigger issues in the future.
@@jpdicey789 Of course you're not the only one. The establishment has pushed the message so hard that doing so makes you racist. They'd rather sabotage you and tell you that you're doing good for doing so. You're not alone, because that's exactly the messaging they're trying to push.
Well done Phil! Good to see your face again! I'm in a super safe labour seat ( one of the top 3 safest seats in the country ) so Tactical voting isn't really a thing where I am, but I've been mentioning it in all my videos and putting the link in the descriptions box every time. Hope you are back to your normal self soon!
Yesterday I recommended that my sister follows a tactical voting site as she is in the new constituency that is being fought for the Tories by S Braverman (whom my sister refuses to vote for but doesn't want to spoil her ballot paper. I went on line to get some links and sent her 2, 1) "tactical.vote" : these are already suggesting Labour even though the projected support for both LibDems & Labour is almost equal. 2) "Stop the Tories" is still not recommending a tactical vote. I have suggested my sister follows this. Let's hope that Phils warning of splitting the tactical vote will backfire and let the Tories in, particularly in Braverman's constituency.
Ah so nice to see you back visually😘 Such good explanations! I guessed my Solihull tactical vote wrongly so thank goodness I looked at the site you suggested. Let’s me vote HEART ‼️
Well done Phil, but don’t push yourself unnecessary. I’m more than happy to just have your voiceover or cuts in the live video. It’s your thinking and assessment that is important.So whatever you feel most comfortable with.
I've just had a look at my constituency where Labour came 3rd in 2019 and you're spot on with your analysis. Tories are about 3% ahead of Labour with the Lib Dems in a very close 3rd. Stop the tories says need more data, best for Britain says Labour. I hope I get some more clarity nearer the election.
Congrats on feeling a bit better! Hope it continues. Anti-Tory tactical voting advice sites shouldn't be saying anything at all in seats that are straight races between non-Tory parties. So that's the Green-Labour, Labour-Lib Dem, Labour-SNP, Lib Dem-SNP, Labour-Plaid seats. However if they are going to give advice in those seats, it needs to be consistent, such as always endorsing the incumbent non-Tory. Even if that would annoy Greens in Bristol or Labour in much of Scotland.
@@markwelch3564 If you're doing that your aim is not just being Anti-Tory. That's fine, but they'd need to be transparent about that. If the question is "who's best here to beat the Tories?" the clear answer in these seats is "Tories won't win, vote for whoever you like best"
@DylanSargesson STT are about Stopping The Tories, but they are also pushing for stopping FPTP Endorsing parties with a clear message on stopping FPTP feels like a natural thing to do if that's the goal!
Glad you're feeling better Phil. Don't overdo it though, take your time and make sure you're fit enough to get back to it. Best for Britain was started with all the right intentions to promote tactical voting to try and reduce the impact of Brexit. (I was a follower of the Remainiacs Podcast who were quite involved in the launch.) It's been around for a good 5+ years I think, but in the downtime it seems to have diversified into more of a lobby group/think tank type form. It's a shame because they really were trying to get electoral reform for a while. They also included a vote swap option for the people living in safe seats at one point, which was one of the reasons I voted Labour one time so that a Labour voter further down the country would vote Lib Dem in their constituency.
I’m unhappy BFB unnecessarily suggest tactically voting Labour locally to me here in Bristol Central in what is looking like a close contest versus my preferred Green party and where Tories have no chance. I agree with you and I much prefer the stopthetories approach of suggesting people vote as they prefer for constituencies such as ours. Labour are going to get a massive majority anyway, getting a Green MP here won’t negatively effect the big picture in any way.
Thangam Debbonaire doesn't deserve to lose her seat. She's been a great shadow culture secretary and a the voice of victims of the Sri Lankan genocide in Parliament.
@@mildlydispleased3221 ultimately it’s up to voters here. Perhaps she’s one of the better Labour MPs then? I honestly have no idea about her despite having lived here for several years nor do I particularly care. Greens get my vote because of climate change and environmental issues - I prioritise this over anything else. It would be good to have more Green MPs in parliament too, there are plenty of other Labour MPs elsewhere.
@@glyngreen538 Perhaps the fact you don't particularly care explains why you've never heard of her. You're absolutely correct in saying that it's up to the voters in your part of the world to choose their MP, not sure anyone said otherwise. If you want to vote for the Green candidate then that's what you do.
@@GS44691 I base who I vote for 95-100% based on the party and national policy and only 0-5% based on the local candidate. Even after voting in the last few general elections here I didn’t know the name of our Bristol Labour MP until recently and I still know virtually nothing about Thangam. I have nothing personal against her (and I’m enthusiastic about having Starmer’s government nationally) but I’m voting for the party not the person so I haven’t bothered finding out about Thangam as it’s never seemed relevant and it won’t affect my voting decision.
@glyngreen538 You're clearly not that interested in politics if you don't know your local MP. We don't live in a presidential system, we vote for a person to represent our constituency, not a party. Use your vote however the hell you like but when Greens in rural seats are blocking wind and solar projects, you can't really say they are championing environmental issues.
So glad to see you and thanks again for your clarifications. I used to be an Anglophile and am from the other side of the little pond (i.e. Dutch). As a nudge to those right-winged fools and Boris the pfeffell: During our Golden Age (17th century) and at the top of power, the motto of the Dutch Republic was in Latin 'Concordia res parvae crescunt'. (Nowadays it's the also the motto of a.o Belgium). In French it means l'union fait la force or united we stand. So, unite and kick those cons out. Do take care of yourself, the UK need people like you, the UK need sanity.
All 6 Tory held seats in Scotland have the SNP a close second. Labour and Libdems are not in the race. The last Survation MRP poll had SNP winning 5 of these seats without tactical voting, the other 1 a Tory hold. The tactical vote in these 6 seats is SNP.
Sir John Curtice has said that in all 6 seats, it depends whose vote falls furthest. Here in Berwickshire, Survation puts the SNP ahead, but they are not popular round here, as they keep all the money in the Central Belt.
Hope you're feeling better Phil and the meds are kicking in. Tactical voting. I find myself in a new gerrymandered constituency in South London, the third in my 30+ years at this address, taking a big lump of my original blue constituency to the South and a piece of the next, predominantly red, constituency to my East. Checking 'Stop the Tories' for tactical voting purposes I see that my original thoughts of going with the Labour candidate is the right way to go... I'm doing my bit to consign the Tóridehe to the dustbin of history!
I remember switching my voting pattern years ago now. It is a very challenging thing to do. Never under-estimate the power of 'voting habit'. Thank you for the video!
Thanks. Interesting to watch. I checked the advice for my seat on the two sites. Interestingly, "Stop the Tories" suggested voting for the current Labour MP whilst "Best for Britain" is suggesting "vote with your heart" (which coincides with my instinctive feel for the seat).
Three things Phil. First, nice to see your visage again, even if you look very pale! Second, over 50 years I have always voted tactically, it's nice to have some modern help. Third, this demonstrated the urgent need for electoral reform. FPTP has to go, preferably to STV.
Not STV. I prefer d'Hondt. Have counties as the area. STV will often still deliver 1 party in a whole county, although they only get 45% of the vote. Large counties break down into areas of 6 or so (eg North Cheshire, South Cheshire, have 5 or 6 seats each.)
@@ianhopping105 Not heard of d'Hondt, I'll look it up. STV appeals to me as it retains the constituency accountable MP, tends to elect a person that is really representative, weakens the power of Party over MP and gives independents a real chance.
@@ianhopping105 After research, I still favour STV, dead easy for the voter too, just number in order of preference. Anything is better than FPTP and the Jefferson Method does seem better than a simple PR. PR is the cause of all the problems in the Israeli Parliament where small, extremist parties hold the balance of power.
Thanks for this Phil - two points: 1. At the last GE the stupid in-fighting amongst the anti-Brexit groups helped guarantee the huge majority and my impression was that Best for Britain was among those splitting factions. 2. My constituency is one where the local activists have been diverted. Stopthetories are on the ball and have not issued advice. My problem is that the postal vote was sent out (hasn't arrived yet) but have to reply ASAP. For various reasons the Labour candidate is likely to be hobbled, and I am torn. I am monitoring betting sites but unless something comes throuigh soon I will have to guess.
I get updates from Stop the Tories vote. I'm one of the few people in the UK who will end up, almost certainly, with the same MP who represented a different party last time out, Christian Wakeford, a former Tory MP, who defected to Labour in 2022. He won the seat of Bury South in 2019 by around 500 votes. It would be interesting to konw how many of the seats, out of around 650, there's a genuine problem identifying which candidate is best placed to defeat the Tories. I'd bet a larger than average percentage of them will be in Scotland, where many contests are 4-way, making it harder to predict. The Tory vote there has fallen to around 16% in the polls, even lower than the rest of the UK, but it's not always obvious who to vote for to get rid of the Tories.
In my constituency, my experience is that Labour has done nothing, possibly because I'm rural, but other Lib Dems in towns have also said the same. Many fed-up Tories have said they would vote Lib Dem (a few Reform-'which I encouraged rather than Tory). The Lib Dems are working hard here and not in a neighbouring constituency where Labour are working solidly. Despite this, both tactical Websites are saying to vote Labour in my constituency; hopefully, this will be clearer before the election.
What I find ironic though, is Electoral Calculus does have 'tactical voting' option when making predictions. Also, keep resting up and getting better soon. We'll need you for polling day. ;)
Phil, Excellent video. We're in Newton Abbot, and we are a neck ahead of Labour in what was a safe Tory seat. This matches your example. We couldn't understand BfB's recommendation for Labour in Lib Dem heartlands. Many many thanks.
BfB might, and here I base it on their name so not out of any evidence I am correct, be a "one nation" operation, so in Scotland it won't advocate for SNP because it runs on a platform of "scottish independence". So in an England or Welsh seat where the LD member is "I think the scottish people should get a say whether they leave" BfB is removing THEM from the list, not because "they aren't Labour" but because "that might lead to Scotland leaving the UK".
In the past Labour have been just as guilty of pushing against PR because they were part of the comfortable self interest of sharing power between them and the Tories. They did not want third parties coming in and constantly blocked it for years.
Just had the Labour one come through my door. one whole page aimed at the LD's and the Greens along the line if you want the Tory Out, better vote for us with the graph to prove it.
Thankyou Phil!!! You did very well on this video, as good as ever, so I hope that means you're meds are really working well !! So long as you feel well enough, please carry on!!!.....Just don't over do it!! We all need you!!!
I live in a town which has always been a safe Tory seat for over a hundred years. There has been a boundary change however which is muddying the waters with regard to tactical voting. This town usually has LibDem as 2nd place for local council elections and sometime has Lib Dems winning seats. The town that used to be part of the same Parliamentary constituency had the same deal but with Labour so the anti-Tory vote was always split. The boundary change seems to put my town with another area where the LibDems also seem to do well or at least come second. Best for Britain is saying to vote Labour which seems to be based on recent polling along but not taking into account previous voting trends. Stopthetories is saying wait for more data which while frustrating, does seem like the best advice to give. Will have to wait and see I guess.
I support tactical voters, however for me personally I play conscience voting over tactical voting. I’ve noticed my local Lib Dem party is using tactical voting as an advertising campaign which tbh bugs me a bit 😂 Edit: also Phil congrats on being on the stopthetories website lol
Not just that, in ky constituency thwybare skewing the results in Lid Dem favour. Ipsos MRP poll says 33% labour 33% lib dem 24% conservative today. They are calling it for Lib dems. Stopthetories.vite alao posted on twitter that Labour were pulling resources from my area but this is a provable lie. We literally had a front bench MP (stella creasy) here to canvass with us on sunday along with members from Brussels and all surrounding areas. I'm in Wimbledon.
I’m so glad you’re feeling better. You do such great work but you’ve got to remember the GOLDEN RULE, look after yourself first, if you don’t you cannot look after anyone or anything else! Take very good care of yourself xXxXx
My family are labour voters. My parents recently moved to a rural Tory seat where Labour are a distant 3rd behind Tories and Lib Dem’s. They are voting Lib Dem tactically for the first time because they want the Tories gone.
Phil have said he's illness, make him lose concentration, and he's brain is a little fuzzy. I would say he is getting closer to the Westminster requirement. 🙂
Nice to see you again, Phil. Don't overdo it now. Your faithful audience will wait.
Great to see you Phil I hope your feeling better ❤
You're sounding/looking a lot better 🙂
I think the main opposition to a Labour government will be people like yourself Phil; the honest and principled Labour grassroots needs to both hold them to account and push them to offer the progressive change the UK needs !!
Yea no, if he keeps calling them out on their BS, his membership might be lost in the post. Sad but I'll be taking his coming opinions with even more salt than usual, he's good in things, Corbyn aside, but going forward he may not be as good.
That sounds like a triumph of optimism over experience
The biggest opposition to labour will be labour rebels, which could be a good thing or not. Concerns how the far-right supporting mass media interpret these things, how they push their nasty agenda and how Labour can find ways to contain what could become a very real threat to our (flawed...) democracy in the UK, without being anti-democratic themselves.
Phil has spent years at this point consistently smearing the honest and principled Labour grassroots as the "extreme left", as "nutters", as "working to get the Tories elected". He's consistently supported the right-wing takeover of the party. What makes you think he'll suddenly reverse course when they're elected?
🤔👍 Nice to see you back and looking better Phil! 🙏 Long may it continue!
The conservative election leaflet arrived at me today. It had an interesting statement on it" Kia starmer needs you to vote lib dem". In my constituency that is good advice which I think I will follow. I wasn't expecting the Tories to help labour to that extent!
But why would you believe that line or any other, from a Tory? Just because he says it that doesn't mean it's true. Even they would hesitate to blurt out their biggest rival for 2nd place in an election leaflet. Wouldn't it be better to check with stop the tories?
Funny lot the Tories. Who would have thought that since the fall of Johnson everything the Tories have done makes them look as though they want Farage to take them over and turn them into the UK equivalent of MAGA?
Tbh, that looks like a trap.
Wonder if they're worried about Greens or (spits)Reform
Hope the Stop The Tories . VOTE is given air time on TV and radio.
I suspect purdah rules will mean that it’s unlikely to be either done or allowed.
@@franciscollingwood7372 Purdah rules are for government and ministers so they do not use official resources to affect the election t doesn't prevent something like stop the tories from being talked about
Wish in one hand and shit in the other.
Nice to see you are feeling well enough to go on camera, welcome back 😊
Phil poorly and distinctly under the weather is still 10 times as much on the ball as I could ever be ! 😂😂
and 1000 times more on the ball than Sunak could ever dream of.
Looking better, Phil, hope you are feeling better.
Very, very glad to see you back, Phil, but don't overdo it.
I'm also a Labour party member. I will be voting Labour... who are the most likely to unseat the local Tory!
VOTING, Kate Osborne Jarrow & Gateshead East, As my Labour MP
We need to know who to tactically vote for.
Ensuring a Lib Dem opposition.
Vote Reform .
@@johndonson1603😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 NO!
@@johndonson1603
That won't work if lib dems are expected to win that seat.
Google stop the Tories and you can find who to tactically vote for in your area.
😂😂😂😂@@johndonson1603
Nice to see you looking better Phil. 👍
Glad to hear you're improving.
*PLEASED TO HEAR YOU ARE FEELING BETTER*
Great to see you back buddy
Good to see you Phil. Only downside was just getting an anti Labour ad warning me of the £2094 tax increase by voting Labour🙄
Does that qualify as libel at this point?
@@Randoman590 it really should! And again even if it was true it averaged out at £40 per month! To actually improve things!
Does it have a return address? Send it back with a note saying you expect Sunak to pay a _lot_ more than that!
Glad to hear you are feeling better Phil, we missed you.
We need to vote tactically to stop Farage getting anywhere near parliament. That is more critical than stopping any one Tory MP.
If a Tory is in the best place to stop him, then tactical voting sites need to swallow it and recommend them. If Farage gets a foothold then we will have far bigger issues in the future.
😮 thank god I'm not the only one that thinks this (although ideally I'd like the Tories gone too).
@@jpdicey789 Of course you're not the only one. The establishment has pushed the message so hard that doing so makes you racist. They'd rather sabotage you and tell you that you're doing good for doing so. You're not alone, because that's exactly the messaging they're trying to push.
Well done Phil! Good to see your face again!
I'm in a super safe labour seat ( one of the top 3 safest seats in the country ) so Tactical voting isn't really a thing where I am, but I've been mentioning it in all my videos and putting the link in the descriptions box every time.
Hope you are back to your normal self soon!
Yesterday I recommended that my sister follows a tactical voting site as she is in the new constituency that is being fought for the Tories by S Braverman (whom my sister refuses to vote for but doesn't want to spoil her ballot paper.
I went on line to get some links and sent her 2,
1) "tactical.vote" : these are already suggesting Labour even though the projected support for both LibDems & Labour is almost equal.
2) "Stop the Tories" is still not recommending a tactical vote. I have suggested my sister follows this.
Let's hope that Phils warning of splitting the tactical vote will backfire and let the Tories in, particularly in Braverman's constituency.
Hi Phil, so glad to hear that you are feeling better. You did great with this video - everything clearly explained. 👍
Ah so nice to see you back visually😘 Such good explanations! I guessed my Solihull tactical vote wrongly so thank goodness I looked at the site you suggested. Let’s me vote HEART ‼️
Really glad you are feeling better, Phil. Take care and continue to look after yourself.
Well done Phil, but don’t push yourself unnecessary. I’m more than happy to just have your voiceover or cuts in the live video. It’s your thinking and assessment that is important.So whatever you feel most comfortable with.
I've just had a look at my constituency where Labour came 3rd in 2019 and you're spot on with your analysis. Tories are about 3% ahead of Labour with the Lib Dems in a very close 3rd. Stop the tories says need more data, best for Britain says Labour. I hope I get some more clarity nearer the election.
Cheers, Phil! Hope you're on the mend.
Congrats on feeling a bit better! Hope it continues.
Anti-Tory tactical voting advice sites shouldn't be saying anything at all in seats that are straight races between non-Tory parties.
So that's the Green-Labour, Labour-Lib Dem, Labour-SNP, Lib Dem-SNP, Labour-Plaid seats.
However if they are going to give advice in those seats, it needs to be consistent, such as always endorsing the incumbent non-Tory. Even if that would annoy Greens in Bristol or Labour in much of Scotland.
I might suggest they could back the party with the strongest commitment to ending FPTP in such seats, eg Yellow or Green over Red
@@markwelch3564 If you're doing that your aim is not just being Anti-Tory. That's fine, but they'd need to be transparent about that.
If the question is "who's best here to beat the Tories?" the clear answer in these seats is "Tories won't win, vote for whoever you like best"
@DylanSargesson STT are about Stopping The Tories, but they are also pushing for stopping FPTP
Endorsing parties with a clear message on stopping FPTP feels like a natural thing to do if that's the goal!
Looking and sounding better.
Thank you. Glad that you are feeling better. Long may it continue.
Glad you're feeling better Phil. Don't overdo it though, take your time and make sure you're fit enough to get back to it.
Best for Britain was started with all the right intentions to promote tactical voting to try and reduce the impact of Brexit. (I was a follower of the Remainiacs Podcast who were quite involved in the launch.) It's been around for a good 5+ years I think, but in the downtime it seems to have diversified into more of a lobby group/think tank type form. It's a shame because they really were trying to get electoral reform for a while.
They also included a vote swap option for the people living in safe seats at one point, which was one of the reasons I voted Labour one time so that a Labour voter further down the country would vote Lib Dem in their constituency.
I’m unhappy BFB unnecessarily suggest tactically voting Labour locally to me here in Bristol Central in what is looking like a close contest versus my preferred Green party and where Tories have no chance. I agree with you and I much prefer the stopthetories approach of suggesting people vote as they prefer for constituencies such as ours. Labour are going to get a massive majority anyway, getting a Green MP here won’t negatively effect the big picture in any way.
Thangam Debbonaire doesn't deserve to lose her seat. She's been a great shadow culture secretary and a the voice of victims of the Sri Lankan genocide in Parliament.
@@mildlydispleased3221 ultimately it’s up to voters here. Perhaps she’s one of the better Labour MPs then? I honestly have no idea about her despite having lived here for several years nor do I particularly care. Greens get my vote because of climate change and environmental issues - I prioritise this over anything else. It would be good to have more Green MPs in parliament too, there are plenty of other Labour MPs elsewhere.
@@glyngreen538 Perhaps the fact you don't particularly care explains why you've never heard of her.
You're absolutely correct in saying that it's up to the voters in your part of the world to choose their MP, not sure anyone said otherwise. If you want to vote for the Green candidate then that's what you do.
@@GS44691 I base who I vote for 95-100% based on the party and national policy and only 0-5% based on the local candidate. Even after voting in the last few general elections here I didn’t know the name of our Bristol Labour MP until recently and I still know virtually nothing about Thangam. I have nothing personal against her (and I’m enthusiastic about having Starmer’s government nationally) but I’m voting for the party not the person so I haven’t bothered finding out about Thangam as it’s never seemed relevant and it won’t affect my voting decision.
@glyngreen538 You're clearly not that interested in politics if you don't know your local MP. We don't live in a presidential system, we vote for a person to represent our constituency, not a party.
Use your vote however the hell you like but when Greens in rural seats are blocking wind and solar projects, you can't really say they are championing environmental issues.
Great to see you back Phil.
So glad to see you and thanks again for your clarifications.
I used to be an Anglophile and am from the other side of the little pond (i.e. Dutch). As a nudge to those right-winged fools and Boris the pfeffell: During our Golden Age (17th century) and at the top of power, the motto of the Dutch Republic was in Latin 'Concordia res parvae crescunt'. (Nowadays it's the also the motto of a.o Belgium). In French it means l'union fait la force or united we stand. So, unite and kick those cons out.
Do take care of yourself, the UK need people like you, the UK need sanity.
All 6 Tory held seats in Scotland have the SNP a close second. Labour and Libdems are not in the race. The last Survation MRP poll had SNP winning 5 of these seats without tactical voting, the other 1 a Tory hold. The tactical vote in these 6 seats is SNP.
The latest Poll (10/5/24) in my Scottish Tory constituency shows Labour ahead of the Tories with SNP third. And 14 years ago we were solid Labour.
There might be some seats currently held by the SNP where the Tories have a chance of winning, due to SNP support falling faster than Tory support.
Wouldn't it be sweet if both Lib Dem and SNP managed to get more seats than the Tories? It's a long shot of course but it is actually possible.
@@katrinabryce with Reform in every seat, including Scotland, it looks like it's all to play for!
Sir John Curtice has said that in all 6 seats, it depends whose vote falls furthest. Here in Berwickshire, Survation puts the SNP ahead, but they are not popular round here, as they keep all the money in the Central Belt.
Hope you're feeling better Phil and the meds are kicking in.
Tactical voting.
I find myself in a new gerrymandered constituency in South London, the third in my 30+ years at this address, taking a big lump of my original blue constituency to the South and a piece of the next, predominantly red, constituency to my East.
Checking 'Stop the Tories' for tactical voting purposes I see that my original thoughts of going with the Labour candidate is the right way to go...
I'm doing my bit to consign the Tóridehe to the dustbin of history!
Glad you are feeling better . Thank you for keeping us so well informed
Glad to see you feeling better. Don't over do it, and give yourself time. Regards Tony Sadler South Wales uk
Your voice sounded stronger in your last vid Phil. And now we have visual!! Excellent.
nice to see you again
Nice to see you Phil, just take things easy.
Health first.
Good to see you as well as hear you phil. As always your my first port of call for news on British politics.
Nice to see you!
Glad you are feeling a little better. Hope you recover completely. Take care
I remember switching my voting pattern years ago now. It is a very challenging thing to do. Never under-estimate the power of 'voting habit'. Thank you for the video!
Great to see you back Phil ❤ Don't strong it though, we need ya ✊
Glad to hear you're on the mend - you're still looking a bit rough mind. Thank you for your service mate.
Good to 'see' you, Phil. Glad to hear you are on the mend.
Thanks. Interesting to watch. I checked the advice for my seat on the two sites. Interestingly, "Stop the Tories" suggested voting for the current Labour MP whilst "Best for Britain" is suggesting "vote with your heart" (which coincides with my instinctive feel for the seat).
So glad to hear you are getting back to normal.
Surprised to see you up and about Phil! Do take care! Sending in all the best wishes from Singapore
Three things Phil. First, nice to see your visage again, even if you look very pale! Second, over 50 years I have always voted tactically, it's nice to have some modern help. Third, this demonstrated the urgent need for electoral reform. FPTP has to go, preferably to STV.
Not STV. I prefer d'Hondt. Have counties as the area. STV will often still deliver 1 party in a whole county, although they only get 45% of the vote. Large counties break down into areas of 6 or so (eg North Cheshire, South Cheshire, have 5 or 6 seats each.)
@@ianhopping105 Not heard of d'Hondt, I'll look it up. STV appeals to me as it retains the constituency accountable MP, tends to elect a person that is really representative, weakens the power of Party over MP and gives independents a real chance.
@@ianhopping105 After research, I still favour STV, dead easy for the voter too, just number in order of preference. Anything is better than FPTP and the Jefferson Method does seem better than a simple PR. PR is the cause of all the problems in the Israeli Parliament where small, extremist parties hold the balance of power.
Thanks for this Phil - two points:
1. At the last GE the stupid in-fighting amongst the anti-Brexit groups helped guarantee the huge majority and my impression was that Best for Britain was among those splitting factions.
2. My constituency is one where the local activists have been diverted. Stopthetories are on the ball and have not issued advice. My problem is that the postal vote was sent out (hasn't arrived yet) but have to reply ASAP. For various reasons the Labour candidate is likely to be hobbled, and I am torn. I am monitoring betting sites but unless something comes throuigh soon I will have to guess.
You're on screen... hope this means you're feeling better!
I get updates from Stop the Tories vote. I'm one of the few people in the UK who will end up, almost certainly, with the same MP who represented a different party last time out, Christian Wakeford, a former Tory MP, who defected to Labour in 2022. He won the seat of Bury South in 2019 by around 500 votes. It would be interesting to konw how many of the seats, out of around 650, there's a genuine problem identifying which candidate is best placed to defeat the Tories. I'd bet a larger than average percentage of them will be in Scotland, where many contests are 4-way, making it harder to predict. The Tory vote there has fallen to around 16% in the polls, even lower than the rest of the UK, but it's not always obvious who to vote for to get rid of the Tories.
In my constituency, my experience is that Labour has done nothing, possibly because I'm rural, but other Lib Dems in towns have also said the same. Many fed-up Tories have said they would vote Lib Dem (a few Reform-'which I encouraged rather than Tory). The Lib Dems are working hard here and not in a neighbouring constituency where Labour are working solidly. Despite this, both tactical Websites are saying to vote Labour in my constituency; hopefully, this will be clearer before the election.
Yoo Phils back
Hope your recovery goes as well as Labour's campaign has been so far
Well enough to film yourself again, nice one Phil :-)
What I find ironic though, is Electoral Calculus does have 'tactical voting' option when making predictions.
Also, keep resting up and getting better soon. We'll need you for polling day. ;)
Welcome back.
Phil, Excellent video. We're in Newton Abbot, and we are a neck ahead of Labour in what was a safe Tory seat. This matches your example. We couldn't understand BfB's recommendation for Labour in Lib Dem heartlands.
Many many thanks.
BfB might, and here I base it on their name so not out of any evidence I am correct, be a "one nation" operation, so in Scotland it won't advocate for SNP because it runs on a platform of "scottish independence". So in an England or Welsh seat where the LD member is "I think the scottish people should get a say whether they leave" BfB is removing THEM from the list, not because "they aren't Labour" but because "that might lead to Scotland leaving the UK".
Nice to see you feeling better, Phil!
Cracking job Phil! So pleased you’re feeling better. We can’t cope without your sage advice y’know!! 😁
In the past Labour have been just as guilty of pushing against PR because they were part of the comfortable self interest of sharing power between them and the Tories. They did not want third parties coming in and constantly blocked it for years.
Just had the Labour one come through my door. one whole page aimed at the LD's and the Greens along the line if you want the Tory Out, better vote for us with the graph to prove it.
Thankyou Phil!!! You did very well on this video, as good as ever, so I hope that means you're meds are really working well !! So long as you feel well enough, please carry on!!!.....Just don't over do it!! We all need you!!!
Great to see you back. Glad you are feeling better.
Nice to see you again, I hope you are feeling better.
Big up Phil. Great to see you back!
Great to see you. Hope everything goes well from now on. All the best.
Oh good, you are alive.
Good to see you're on the mend. Admiration for making videos while sick.
Great to see Phil back in full action - on camera and with three videos today !
Well, Hello, Welkommen, young man! 🎉
So happy and pleased that you feel a bit better, and hope that the road to a full recovery is short for you. Cheers, Phil.
Hey Phil, I watch your videos every day, good to see ya back!
I live in a town which has always been a safe Tory seat for over a hundred years. There has been a boundary change however which is muddying the waters with regard to tactical voting. This town usually has LibDem as 2nd place for local council elections and sometime has Lib Dems winning seats. The town that used to be part of the same Parliamentary constituency had the same deal but with Labour so the anti-Tory vote was always split. The boundary change seems to put my town with another area where the LibDems also seem to do well or at least come second.
Best for Britain is saying to vote Labour which seems to be based on recent polling along but not taking into account previous voting trends.
Stopthetories is saying wait for more data which while frustrating, does seem like the best advice to give.
Will have to wait and see I guess.
Good to have you back. I hope your health will keep improving.
I support tactical voters, however for me personally I play conscience voting over tactical voting. I’ve noticed my local Lib Dem party is using tactical voting as an advertising campaign which tbh bugs me a bit 😂
Edit: also Phil congrats on being on the stopthetories website lol
Not just that, in ky constituency thwybare skewing the results in Lid Dem favour. Ipsos MRP poll says 33% labour 33% lib dem 24% conservative today. They are calling it for Lib dems. Stopthetories.vite alao posted on twitter that Labour were pulling resources from my area but this is a provable lie. We literally had a front bench MP (stella creasy) here to canvass with us on sunday along with members from Brussels and all surrounding areas. I'm in Wimbledon.
Good to see that you are back on form, hope that you are back to 100% before the big event.
Glad to hear that you are feeling a little better.
Good to see you back Phil I hope you are starting to feel better 🤗👍🏻
Well, that went really well Phil. Don't overdo it please. Progressive Britain needs you.
looking good lad ...welcome back ...
Back on top form I see Phil - well done chap!
Lovely to see you back.
Nice to see you looking and sounding so much better! 💕
Great to see you back,
Good to see you again Phil! Get well soon.
I’m so glad you’re feeling better. You do such great work but you’ve got to remember the GOLDEN RULE, look after yourself first, if you don’t you cannot look after anyone or anything else! Take very good care of yourself xXxXx
How good to see you again.
Keep up the good work Phil
I going over from Ireland to vote it is that important for our country.
Great have to you back Phil 😊
My family are labour voters.
My parents recently moved to a rural Tory seat where Labour are a distant 3rd behind Tories and Lib Dem’s.
They are voting Lib Dem tactically for the first time because they want the Tories gone.
Phil have said he's illness, make him lose concentration, and he's brain is a little fuzzy. I would say he is getting closer to the Westminster requirement. 🙂
Nice to see you feeling a bit better Phil
Nice one Phil. Good to have you back to your old self. Hope you are feeling better.
Glad you're feeling better mate. We need you.
Best for Britain has my constituency marked correctly, but I’m sticking to StopTheTories