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I find comments like this perplexing.
Liberal Democrats are effectively centre right. They propped up Cameron's conservatives which brought in the austerity years that irreparably damaged the country. They promised to abolish tuition fees, then voted to increase them. They supported cuts to the NHS and police that were still now feeling the effects of.
You also referenced LD as a party but Starmer by name, even though we don't elect a president. He is just a figurehead for the party. If PMs had as much power as a president, don't you think it would be a much bigger deal when any of the last handful of Tory PMs resigned?
I find comments like this perplexing.
LibDems were always against it, but were a minority in a coilition and basically had no power. Tories were never going to vote against it, but were willing to put AV on the table.
They offered Labour first, but Labour didn't want a coilition. It was a gamble that could have changed everything, and unfortunately it was a gamble that the public didn't support because even Labour was against it.
Why anyone would vote Labour is beyond me, didn't they vote for tution fees in the first place?