In a FPTP system all they will likely do is weaken the closest ideologically aligned of the two major parties.

Yay, looks like we have our protest vote party sorted for the election…

That’s what Macron did. A third party, neither left, neither right, but pro-rich

Racists voting for the most racist party. Unsurprising…

This is the best summary I could come up with:

But Antonia, and her fellow focus group participants – former Conservative voters from the “red wall” seats of Heywood and Middleton, Great Grimsby and Dudley North – weren’t planning on expressing their exasperation with the state of Britain by voting Labour.

Darron, a fraud prevention officer, expressed annoyance that people could no longer stay in the hotel where he got married because it is now used to house asylum seekers.

Maria, a support worker, was worried after hearing about GP surgery funds being spent on translation rather than patients’ medical care.

Asked what they wanted to be done instead to reduce immigration, the group supported an Australian-style points system – which meant Britain could still attract the seasonal, NHS and care workers they all felt were needed.

Maria, a support worker, explained she had “broken ranks” in 2019 to vote Tory but under Sunak the party weren’t “looking after ordinary working-class folk”.

While questioning Boris Johnson’s judgment (“how can you trust someone happy to have Cummings as an adviser?” asked Darron), most shared the view of Maria, who felt that although the former prime minister had been “extremely naughty” she still had a soft spot for him.

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