2020 Liberal Democrats Leadership Election

[Cassius]

It’s not quite true that no country using PR has seen two party dominance recently; New Zealand (which uses a similar system to Germany) has seen quite significant two-party polarisation over the last 15 years between Labour and National. Given that New Zealand is arguably the country that is closest to the UK when it comes to its political system (in terms of party alignment et al), it’s perfectly possible that this kind of polarisation could continue to play out in a UK with PR, especially since there’s plenty of evidence that tactical voting continues to play a role in PR systems.

[Cassius]

Big disappointment :’(

(Although I’m not convinced that Davey will be particularly successful either).

[Cassius]

So...what is Davey actually doing?

Carping from the sidelines and being ignored by everybody. I’ve never quite been able to see the rationale of having Davey as party leader when Starmer is the leader of the opposition, given that the latter offers everything that Davey can bring to the table whilst having the advantage of leading a party that actually has a shot at forming government. I honestly think that the Lib Dems should just disband at a national level, given that they are now basically indistinguishable from Labour other than on Europe and electoral reform, issues upon which their stances aren’t particularly enticing to anybody outside their base.