it's she ghoulcab @coolcab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026to understand uk politics on anything but the most basic level you must internalize something that is never, ever engaged with or discussed but everyone with power is extremely aware of, and that's "nigel farage decided the last two elections" 4853
it's she ghoulcab @coolcab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026post brexit what was ukip metastasized into the brexit party and devoured the racist vote. 2019 they elect to run "in Leave seats" which also happened to be labour's heartland. labour lost 60 seats, 58 were Leave. 2024, farage elects not to repeat and runs in every seat, conservative vote collapses 1180
it's she ghoulcab @coolcab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026very openly talked about a ref/con alliance or some kind of seat targeting agreement, noooope. could do so utterly trivially next election, tons of seats the Reform racist vote is enough to decide even with the big boys atrophied. welp! 0140
