Lothian
should be banned
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UK - Election 2015
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Good point.
Puppycow
Penultimate Amazing
That's a shame, but thanks for the answer.
Not seeing a practical difference. The Tories did not gain any seats in Scotland.
Good riddance I say.
I wonder if this is Labour's "Portillo Moment". Michael Portillo went on to be a very wooden (but strangely compelling) presenter of programmes about railway journeys. I wonder what will become of Ed Balls ?
Puppycow
Penultimate Amazing
I think the Israeli system is quite different in that seats are apportioned according to the national share of the vote. There is no MP (MK rather) representing a particular area. Instead the voter chooses a political party, not a specific candidate and the party gets as many MKs as its corresponding share of the national vote.
Whether this is a better system or not is up to you, but it seems to lead to lots of smallish parties which need to form into a coalition to govern.
angrysoba
Philosophile
Does that mean that there's no concept of local representation ? Our local MP has, from time to time, voted against the party whip in order to represent the views and opinions of his constituents (where these conflict with party policy).
angrysoba
Philosophile
According to UKpollingreport, Skwirszynski is a banker and economist. Maybe a buddy of Farage from his former profession?
To be fair it would be racist to demand a higher standard of Polish people than with English (or British) people. And Solidarity's out of favour if I understand correctly.
angrysoba
Philosophile
It's not better. It makes parties stronger because they select their own candidates from the list according to party loyalty. In the UK, although parties have the power of deselection, candidates can still win in constituencies regardless of powerful party backing. How could you possibly vote out Nick Clegg or Nigel Farage in such a system?
angrysoba
Philosophile
Balls out in Leeds.
And it's not even gone past noon. They sure know how to party up the- oh, sorry, I was thinking of something else
angrysoba
Philosophile
And it's not even gone past noon. They sure know how to party up the- oh, sorry, I was thinking of something else
Oo-er the shadow chancellor's had his seat pinched.
Dog walker I often chat to, apparently it's good news that the Tories have won, it will mean we can get things like the local a&e closing down sorted ....... I despair I really do.
And this kind of thing is the reason why I'm so pessimistic about an EU referendum. People seem to be most comfortable with easily consumed (but not necessarily accurate) soundbites.
I'm engaged and I like to think reasonably knowledgeable about the benefits and disadvantages of EU membership and I'd be hard-pressed to summarise the position in a balanced way. The large number of UK voters who know nothing other than what their paper and their mates tell them are ripe for the anti-EU invective.
Well, I've had two hours sleep..........4am to 6am.........and the best part of the whole marathon was watching the face of Andrea whatsherface in that seat as she beat Ed Balls. I loath the man with a passion, and I am absolutely delighted we won't be suffering him in public life for the next 5 years, but I have to say his speech was extremely gracious and well judged.
If Ed Balls, George Galloway and Nigel Farage all lose their seats I will celebrate with fizz every night for a week.
Point of order............Farage doesn't have a seat to lose..........but that aside, I completely agree with you. Farage is now predicted to lose, but let's wait and see. My TV has just gone on the blink.
