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Hoover Attack wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 8:50 am Labour can thank the Reform candidate for helping them over the line 👍
That has always been the problem with the stranglehold of the two main political party’s . The idea that if you vote for a third party your main political adversary will be allowed in has kept the status quo . It’s incredibly difficult for a smaller party to break into parliament . Even the Greens could only muster one MP in all the time they have been around
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Maybe it's time we thought about changing the system to better represent what the people want?
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I’m up for thinking about it. Let me know when you’ve thought about how to get the people with the power to change the system to change it, and then I’ll help you put it into practice
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RedDwarf:-Even the Greens could only muster one MP in all the time they have been around

That's why I like first past the post.............Some wag on the Beeb, said he bets the Tories regret not allowing Nick Clegg's lot to instal Proportional Representation. At the General Election they might well need it.
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Hoover Attack wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 10:13 am Maybe it's time we thought about changing the system to better represent what the people want?
We did. In 2011. And the people told us what they wanted.

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Decent effort to bankrupt the council by being sexist and still win the mayoralty on the strength of Sir Keir’s charisma 💪🏻
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Dunners wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 11:03 am
Hoover Attack wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 10:13 am Maybe it's time we thought about changing the system to better represent what the people want?
We did. In 2011. And the people told us what they wanted.

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Ah bugger.

Didn’t do politics back then so was unaware.
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Solidarity Forever

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Hang on, why is this dyed in the wool tory featuring on the Labour Watch thread?
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Hoover Attack wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:06 pm Hang on, why is this dyed in the wool tory featuring on the Labour Watch thread?
Dunners!! Tell him to stop it.
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It's funny watching her try to desperately recover something from the situation, and utterly fail.

"I will be marching for the jobs in Dover [that I voted against]
For the people of Dover [who I previously never gave a f*ck about, and still don't]
And the disgusting behaviour of P&O [whose fire and rehire policy was enabled by the likes of me]
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Just a reminder of the P&O Ferries thing on a thread from a couple of years ago: viewtopic.php?t=9401
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Dunners wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:58 pm It's funny watching her try to desperately recover something from the situation, and utterly fail.

"I will be marching for the jobs in Dover [that I voted against]
For the people of Dover [who I previously never gave a f*ck about, and still don't]
And the disgusting behaviour of P&O [whose fire and rehire policy was enabled by the likes of me]
"
I particularly enjoyed her joining in with the arm movement that went with the "shame on you" chant. Love it.
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Hoover Attack wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 10:13 am Maybe it's time we thought about changing the system to better represent what the people want?
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When a real proper right winger like Elphicke feels comfortable in the Labour Party, it shows that the Labour party is a right wing party now.

When decent socialists can't be in the Labour party, but a right wing Tory can, it tells you exactly where Labour is.

I warned everyone, when Starmer was elected leader, he would hijack the party and turn it into a right wing party.

I rest my case
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The Mindsweep wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 3:57 pm
Not sure whether to post the laughing or crying emoji.
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Now 30 points clear, Tories polling worse than under Truss

I’m here for the Lib Dem’s as official opposition

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Currywurst and Chips wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 8:12 am
I’m here for the Lib Dem’s as official opposition
Yeah, but you need to factor in a boost for the Greens when that We Deserve Butter funding reaches them.
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They’re increasing their MPs by 100% on those numbers!
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I wouldn't expect too much from that venture - most of the *checks Dunnem file* purple-haired, soup-throwing, motorway-gluing, pronoun-defying, loony left, cranks, tankies, yoghurt-knitting, purple-haired, perma-protest and other rag-tag mis-fit weirdos don't have much spare dosh to throw about, being the unemployable layabouts they are.

(At least until those with trust-funds get their hands on daddy's money, but they will of course have grown up by the time that happens).
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Dunners wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 11:03 am
Hoover Attack wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 10:13 am Maybe it's time we thought about changing the system to better represent what the people want?
We did. In 2011. And the people told us what they wanted.

:ugeek:
Surprising how many people cannot even remember that even happening ?
It was called the ''2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum''
I voted in favour of it but seemed like many people at the time were not that interested in the idea, also not many people understood how the ''Alternative vote system'' worked. It was not the full proportional representational vote but more representative than the first past the post system !
The referendum concerned whether to replace the present "first-past-the-post" system with the "alternative vote" (AV) method and was the first national referendum to be held across the whole of the United Kingdom in the twenty-first century. The proposal to introduce AV was rejected by 67.9% of voters on a national turnout of 42%.
2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Unit ... referendum
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