Alan Thornett

Alan Thornett: 15 June 1937 – 9 October 2026

Tactical voting in favour of Plaid

Comment on anticapitalistresistance.org, 29 October 2025

A comment by Alan under “Caerffili – Victory For Plaid Cymru But Defeat for both Labour and Reform UK.” on anticapitalistresistance.org.

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Surely the key factor in the result was tactical voting in favour of Plaid by Labour voters (and not only Labour voters) in order to keep Reform out? Plaid certainly recognise that. The problem for Farage is that such voting, even in the absents of formal arrangements between parties, is probably enough to deny him a majority in Westminster.

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