My first piece is out now: I argue Reform are the natural conclusion of 80 years of regressive immigration politics in Britain

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Indeed. A thing which is deeply weird about the government at the moment is how they will do something where you go 'makes sense, this will help you turn things around' and then they will immediately relapse. It's like they're trying and failing to quit smoking.

For SD Parties this means that as long as their program is economically to the left, it does not matter much to working class voters what it includes culturally e.g. on immigration. In contrast, educated middle class voters will punish a program for being less culturally progressive.

The fault and the blame for the damage that may be done by vote splitting lies with those parties that, for completely self-serving reasons, have failed to abolish the disgraceful FPTP system, not those refusing to be cowed into submission. If you're worried about the threat, give us real democracy!