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also to follow on from this, what i mean by them losing money: Theres two things, if the tories go below a certain number of MPs (even if they remain the opposition party), theres clauses where their funders will pull out.

But if they lose their position as the opposition (and are replaced by Lib Dems) they lose access to "Short Money" which is given to the opposition to fund policy research and travel expenses. To give example: Labour is entitled to £7.68 million of Short Money in the 2023/24 financial year.