Their role during the GE campaign was 100% in support of Labour. They came up with voting advice for every seat. In Scotland they never suggested the SNP as first choice: always Labour even if Labour wasn't able to challenge the SNP. When challenged they simply said they made that choice.....
They did in my constituency, and although the SNP didn’t win, they massively reduced the Tory majority. But Labour, who often lose their deposit did quite well, the story of the last election. I don’t think they published fake MRP. The problem with BfB I think, is that it is too London biased.
The name " Best for Britain " already gave it away I guess. Secondly as far as I can remember it was heavily stuffed with Labour officials & supporters. We know nobody hates the SNP more than Scot Labour That said: they shouldn't have let their hate re the SNP cloud their judgement.
I don’t know that much about the people who work there, other than Naomi Smith. But their MRP recommended SNP. It should have had the same level of accuracy for all constituencies. I also looked at other MRP for my constituency which gave the same results. But probably the statistical model they
Unfortunately I can't find the voting advice list but I'm 100% sure they preferred Labour over the SNP although initially they stated they didn't. After criticism they said it was their choice. Also an anomaly in 2019: pro libdem in unwinnable seats + anti Labour under Corbyn: conclusion???
The link I see between 2019 + 2024 is that BfB probably wasn't that open about their goals. 2019: probably trying to get rid of Corbyn. 2024: GTTO ( Starmer in) & undermine the SNP at the same time.
I did a bit of research. They used Survation to carry out their polling and create the MRP, so it should be as good as any, after all they are a professional polling company. The whole point about using this method is that it accounts for local differences. The polling advice I got from them was
… to vote SNP & this was the same across other tactical voting sites. You obviously had something different. But the general picture then was that the SNP would lose seats and so they did. One of the things I know about Alex Andreou is that he voted for Corbyn in 2015. I also doubt that BfB is…
… interested in the SNP or Scotland in general. London politics loves London. The SNP had bad spell and that was reflected in their support.
… used to predict voting was based on Tory-held seats. The MRP should have been done correctly and not involved any judgement.
The story of the last GE is that people voted for more unicorns on the basis of getting the Tories out. Now the UK has loads of unicorn supporting Tory, Labour & Reform MPs and hardly any SNP, LibDem & Green MPs - all while being unable to fix anything as that means facing up to unicorn fantasies.
There are the same number of Reform & Green MPs but at least GTTO & MRP did deliver a broader range of MPs than seen before. Removing Tories as a theme didn’t work so well in Scotland where there were only 6 to start with, now only 5.
The GE replaced Tory MPs who have no solutions to anything apart from blaming the EU / migrants and wanting single market and customs access to the EU as a 3rd country within their red lines. with... Labour MPs who want and do exactly the same, with the same red lines and the same limitations. 🤷♂️
While I think that’s true for the current Starmer government, it is unlikely to be true for all Labour MPs. And there are enough backbenchers to have some clout, they have already. I don’t know what the solution is. Can you see the LibDems having a breakthrough in the north of England?
We have the whip system and self interest. The UK is in the same position as it was with the Tory govt while the Labour govt is unable to progress anything apart from creating Reform voters while Labour MPs do nothing. Meanwhile, Steve Baker is to the left of Labour. 🤷♂️ bsky.app/profile/adam...
London is nothing like anywhere else in Britain. Its needs are not ours. London’s closest relative is Paris. I still listen to ‘Oh God What Now’ which I enjoy, but which is also too London-centric.