ChicagoBlue
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Dad was playing for Torquay and working Babbacombe Beach with Buzzer during the off-season in the early 60’s when I was born.
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General Election - 4th July 2024
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MCFC Wirral
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Did you arrive by boat?
I hitch hiked.
bluethrunthru
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An unsurprising result.
But let's see a bigger picture for UK politics - Labour have a huge majority from 34% of a 60% turnout.
I take 2 things from that:
1) first past the post no longer works - it's hardly a ringing endorsement for Labour, whose vote share rose 2%!
2) people just don't trust politics in this country these days
Proportional representation is the only way forward, it provides a better representation of the vote and would likely encourage more to vote as they'd feel it could count for something.
(I voted Conservative in 2019, I voted Green this time around as they were the party telling it like it is)
why would Labour even consider changing a system that has delivered them a landslide? Only if they thought it favoured them would any ruling party push for a change. Its called politics.
I have voted in every single election for nearly 60 years, national, local, referenda, euro. Yesterday was the first time I did not vote, as I have just lost faith in the bastards. The final irony is that not one of my votes was for the winning candidate, but if I had voted yesterday, I would have done as our Tory was ousted by Labour.An unsurprising result.
But let's see a bigger picture for UK politics - Labour have a huge majority from 34% of a 60% turnout.
I take 2 things from that:
1) first past the post no longer works - it's hardly a ringing endorsement for Labour, whose vote share rose 2%!
2) people just don't trust politics in this country these days
Proportional representation is the only way forward, it provides a better representation of the vote and would likely encourage more to vote as they'd feel it could count for something.
(I voted Conservative in 2019, I voted Green this time around as they were the party telling it like it is)
You think that's "abuse"?He Co-ordinated a very generous plan. Why the abuse?
bluethrunthru
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I hitch hiked.
Is that code for "in the back of a lorry" lol?
inchy14
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Hahahahaha.Why the personal abuse?? He paid people during Covid. Seems a nice man worked hard.
Fucking hell, worked hard!!!
WesthoughtonJohn
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Oh it won't ever happen in our current 2 party system - I just believe it's the right way forward in my personal opinionwhy would Labour even consider changing a system that has delivered them a landslide? Only if they thought it favoured them would any ruling party push for a change. Its called politics.
MCFC Wirral
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Is that code for "in the back of a lorry" lol?
My dad was a lorry driver.
In all seriousness, if I can work from home five days a week then I’ll move to South Wales within a year.
As James Callaghan once remarked while opposing Scottish and Welsh devolution plans:why would Labour even consider changing a system that has delivered them a landslide? Only if they thought it favoured them would any ruling party push for a change. It’s called politics.
“There’s no votes in constitutional reform.”
He was wrong.