The media have made a great deal of calls by Peter Hain, Ed Balls and other Cabinet ministers for people to vote tactically.
Contrary to the hysteria being whipped up by this story, this is definitely not a sign of desperation.
There is no question of tactical voting taking place in every constituency in the country. There are only about 100 marginal seats where it is very close between Labour and the Conservatives. Whoever wins in these seats will swing the election result in their favour and decide which party wins the most seats at Westminster.
So under our electoral system, a vote for the Lib Dems will keep the Conservatives out and deny David Cameron a narrow majority.
Because this is such a close election, with the outcome the least certain for almost twenty years, it is absolutely vital that Labour supporters do their absolute best to ensure that the Tories are blocked from taking marginal seats and we are not lumbered with the total nightmare of a Cameron government and the savage cuts to essential services that will inevitably follow.
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