Jenuall wrote:Whilst I applaud the sentiment and effort behind what Plaid, the Greens and Lib Dems are going it still feels fairly pointless. For a "remain pact" to have any real value it needs to include Labour.
I'm not intimately familiar with the majority of the seats mentioned above but the ones I do know about (Cheltenham and Cardiff Central) this will have very little impact. Cardiff Central is a strong Labour seat so this is irrelevant and Cheltenham, whilst certainly there is a battle here between LD and Tories the Greens dropping out of the race will barely make a dent in the gap between them. Getting Labour on board would have stood a good chance of tipping that seat in favour of the Lib Dems though.
Labour were invited to join but refused.
Realistically, we're hoping for a significant minority of non-Tory/Labour Remain MPs that will wield enough power to force a second referendum through whatever sort of government we end up with.