Labour is in disarray over calls for tactical voting, with ministers openly disagreeing about whether to tell some party supporters to back the Liberal Democrats.

The centre-left group, Compass, announced last month that they would be having a conference in February to decide whether to open membership to those not in the Labour Party. This follows their foolish decision to endorse tactical voting for the Lib Dems in the general election. This is the response from Compass Youth By Cat Smith,

Compass are consulting their members about whether to advocate tactical voting: Mehdi Hassan at the New Statesman has correctly guessed I wouldn't be impressed: Compass' contemplation of advocating tactical voting is silly on two counts: a) the Lib Dems have at no point indicated any preference for falling in with Labour in the event of a hung parliament, in fact logic suggests they would have not...

Compass, a pressure group on the left of the Labour party, has today endorsed tactical voting after its members backed it overwhelmingly in a poll. The Compass endorsement of tactical vote fits with a pattern where Labour supporters in Lib Dem Tory seats will vote for the Lib Dems to try and keep the Tories out. But, interestingly, I hear that Lib Dem supporters tactically voting in Labour in Labo...

Tony Blair has added to the confusion within Labour over tactical voting, rejecting calls for supporters to chose the Liberal Democrats in some battleground seats.

The left-wing campaign group Compass has tonight sent out an email to its members polling them on whether the organisation should endorse tactical voting in the election. This move, the first for a left-wing campaign group that was very aligned with Labour, should be applauded. Firstly, because it is an explicit recognition that New Labour isn’t the

Earlier this month I wrote, For a long time after David Cameron’s election to leader of the Conservative Party there was widespread talk of “tactical unwind”, that is how his changes to the Conservative Party may result in much less anti-Tory tactical voting at the next general election. It’s one of the range of reasons that

For a long time after David Cameron’s election to leader of the Conservative Party there was widespread talk of “tactical unwind”, that is how his changes to the Conservative Party may result in much less anti-Tory tactical voting at the next general election. It’s one of the range of reasons that many Tories quote for

Ed Balls, the children's secretary and Gordon Brown's close ally, has said he can see the case for Labour supporters voting tactically for the Liberal Democrats in order to keep the Conservatives out of office.

Labour ministers call for tactical voting in marginal seats - but the Lib Dems call it "desperate" while the Tories say it is "deluded".