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Our last post on International Women’s Day Manchester deserves Better: Manchester needs April

By Caron Lindsay | Thu 8th March 2018 - 9:46 pm

Our last post for International Women’s day is a video which shows exactly why the people of Withington ward need April Preston as their councillor in May. She has experience of snow much – a care leaver, she’s been homeless, she’s a mum, she’s a carer. She gets how hard life is for those the Tories leave behind and Labour neglect.

In order to celebrate #IWD2018 heres me on why I’m standing for council in #Withington this May, along with a message urging the importance of women and marginalised ppl to stand for public office.#Manchester

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A straight choice? Does this squeeze message hold water?

By Iain Roberts | Sun 4th April 2010 - 6:09 pm

Under our First Past the Post voting system, the squeeze message is a legitimate one, used by all parties when it’s to their benefit.

Voting for the third (or lower) placed party in the seat is, they all argue, a wasted vote. Those lower placed parties will say otherwise, but it’s a fair tactic. Lib Dems would say that under a better voting system, tactical voting wouldn’t be needed.

But in this election we’re seeing a new twist on the theme from the Labservatives, and it’s a bit of a stretch to see how it could be honest or …