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There is no chance of this happening. These figures come from Electoral Calculus, which should be taken with an ocean of salt.
The chance of it happening depend entirly on voters desire to make it happen.
So comments like this are at best worthless. At worst designed to limit the actions of voter cooperation.
My statement has always been. That young voters increasing turn out and agreeing to tactical voting to achive this. Would make it a possibility.
Stating something has no chance. When their is a clear path to its possibility. Is at best over confiden at worst intentional voter manipulation.
At a minimum over the last 50 years 30% of eligible voters do not vote. Those voters can very much change the results of any election we ever had. To any outcome they agree on.
So the whole point of discussion like this on social media. Is to convince voters they are able to change things. Even under our crap fptp system.