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For anyone unhappy with the prospect of an increased Conservative majority in the impending general election, tactical voting is a hot topic. But could the other parties really come together in a left-wing alliance? It’s a really long shot requiring the kind of bravery rarely seen in British politics but, for Andy Price, it’s a shot worth taking that could utterly reshape the political landscape.

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The only way to break the emerging rightist hegemony. PA/David Mirzoeff

A progressive alliance is a once-in-a-generation chance that must be taken in election 2017

Andy Price, Sheffield Hallam University

It will take bravery and vision, but a deal between opposition parties is the only sensible way to respond to a changed political landscape.

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