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Greens should rethink our relationship with Labour after its disastrous defeat

Green World By Molly Scott Cato December 24, 2019 Labour has just suffered its worst election result since 1935; as a result we will all suffer at least a further five years of Tory rule. But it could have been so much worse for Labour had we – and the Liberal Democrats – not provided our helpful and unrewarded service of stepping aside in some seats where Labour might have made gains and mostly focused our campaigning away from Labour’s more vulnerable seats. Many Greens also voted tactically, and in some cases called on Green candidates not to stand, advocating…