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The MPs who hoovered up the muslim vote to oust the Labour candidate.Who are these MPs who are pro Hamas
Or do you mean Pro Gaza or Pro Palestine and obviously don't understand the difference![]()
The MPs who hoovered up the muslim vote to oust the Labour candidate.Who are these MPs who are pro Hamas
Or do you mean Pro Gaza or Pro Palestine and obviously don't understand the difference![]()
It's interesting he talks about monetary policy post Bretton Woods.What an INCREDIBLE tantrum![]()
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No offence, but this is a terrible analogy.If Albion beat a team 3-2 but the other side were awarded the match 2-1 on the basis that their goals came in two different quarters and Albion's in just one you wouldn't be happy. You would say Albion won fair and square. But that is what you have in our electoral system.
If that's true it's an incredible stat, and I'm sure the answer could well be 'never' as Brighton has always been surrounded by blue in my lifetime.I wonder when it was last possible to walk from Brighton to the Scottish border without going through a Tory constituency?
Indeed.No offence, but this is a terrible analogy.
It is actually more like a team who have ground out ten very narrow wins, sitting top of the league above a team who have won half as many games, 5 or 6 nil.
They are rightly top, despite scoring less goals - as those are the competition RULES.
It seemed strategically timed to me, which in turn meant they lost the seat.Just on the matter of timing, and without wishing to get bogged down in the specifics of this case, if a party doesn't think a candidate is suitable for any reason it shouldn't matter if it's the eve of the deadline, 6months before or 2years into the Parliament.
What's also fun is that you can go from Eastbourne to North Devon through only Lib Dem ones.I wonder when it was last possible to walk from Brighton to the Scottish border without going through a Tory constituency?
I had to turn over from the bbc because of her salivating over slating Labour all the time. Championing reform at every chance. Mocking Lib Dems. It was all a bit strange.
I think Sky and channel 4 had the best coverage. I kept having to switch from itv when Peston started - his style REALLY winds me up.
It's definitely true. You have to go through Wales due to Kenilworth and Southam staying blue but it can be done.If that's true it's an incredible stat, and I'm sure the answer could well be 'never' as Brighton has always been surrounded by blue in my lifetime.
Assuming you're in Eastleigh, you can at least reasonably feel your votes made a difference because there wasn't a huge difference between the Conservative and Lib Dem vote.Not 'of impacting the result' but voting differently because it would 'impact the result DIFFERENTLY'.
Our household of four would all have voted Labour under any form of PR. We all voted LibDem, in a close run local vote to oust the Tory.
There were IMO millions in a similar boat.
Strategically timed on whose part? Surely they weren't deliberately aiming to make it harder for themselves to win the seat, which would be the only likely outcome of changing candidate at such short notice even if the circumstances were different.It seemed strategically timed to me, which in turn meant they lost the seat.
Protesting by spoiling the ballot paper is really the most utterly pointless exercise in self-aggrandisement.
Your vote for Count Wankula wont bring about change. The only person who will even see it is Susan, who normally works in the HR department at the council, while she moves your ballot into the "oh aren't they clever" pile.
Either way - he can present himself as such to the Tories now.He didn’t stand against Boris because 1) he couldn’t compete with Boris on the popularity stakes with the right wing electorate and is ego wouldn’t let him play second fiddle. 2) UKIP were obsolete at that point.
This time round he had a niche with no competition because of the shit show that is the Tory party.
He’s not a king maker, he’s just very careful about the battles he picks. He’s either very clever or a coward. I suspect he’s both.
Your vote for Count Wankula wont bring about change. The only person who will even see it is Susan, who normally works in the HR department at the council
But how does a vote for Larry the Cat tell anyone that you're protesting an unfair system?I do so because my view is that under the electoral system all votes are not equal and that the influences on government are dominated by bigger considerations than general population. You only had to look at Starmer's glowing pleasure at the endorsement of the scuzziest 'newspaper' on the planet. Of course, I'm sure he would like to have made a wanker sign and told them where to go but he can't. He needs them onside. You only have to look at 'Stop the boats' a desperate and crass attempt to appease the media.
Government by headlines.
So I spoil my ballot paper knowing it makes no difference and is just the little protest of an ageing man. I don't give a flying flamingo what Susan thinks, although I prefer to give the counter some light relief rather than writing an essay- which would be 'self-aggrandisement'
It doesn't make me feel important but it does make me feel better. And I fulfill what I feel is a duty to attend the polling station as a nod to those who fought for the right.
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Large gap between vote share and MPs hits Reform and Greens
Labour's win is the most disproportionate on record, BBC Verify finds, as parties call for change.www.bbc.co.uk
The Labour Party have not been given a mandate by the British people as 66% did not vote for them. As much as I'm pleased to see the Tories go and Reform get very few seats it changeth not my view.
All PR would have done would have massively increased the number of Reform MPs.So Labour have gone from significant defeat to landslide victory on roughly the same numbers. This to me, is another reason why we need to get rid of FPTP.