General Election - 4th July 2024

[TinFoilHat]

Back up his word with actions.

Good speech, but will that be all it is.

 

[Hutchymcfc]

Please tell what Reform would actually do for the working class people of this country.

Nothing as there will never get in

 

[Streetsweeper]

I take it you’ve never been to Boston, Lincs.

Or Smegness. Least surprising result of the night if you’ve ever been there.

 

[Eccles Blue]

A very good speech. Fitting tribute to Sunak. I might not have liked Sunak but he didn’t have an easy ride to get there and Keir acknowledges that journey.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Back up his word with actions.

Good speech, but will that be all it is.

When i was younger i use to be full of enthusiasm when Labour managed to get in power after the shitshow the tories use to make of running the country, hoping for change for those of us who work for a living and alas not a great deal changed. I’m hoping this time with this nation wide landslide things actually will.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Out of interest, what happens to an MP when they lose a seat - do they still get paid ?

They get a very generous redundancy package.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

I think Labour are the least worst option. My expectations of what they will do are not that high. It's quite heart warming to see some of the prominent Tories losing their seats though.

 

[hilts]

When seats are based on individual local elections, how does one accomplish proportional representation?

For instance, if I’m competing for 1 seat and I win by 1 vote, how do we “proportionally represent” that district? Or, do we get rid of those individual seats, vote only for the parties and then divvy up (say) 100 seats based on one’s party’s percentage of the vote?

That would certainly have made for a more interesting melange of representatives, and meant a coalition government would have been needed, even in this supposed parliamentary landslide election.

There is definitely more than one way to skin the cat, but do you really want a system where the votes coming out of a few large cities determine who will lord over you for the next six years?

Quandary.

Do I want a system where 30% of the population gets 30% representation, err pretty much yeah. I think they call it democracy.

 

[kaz7]

Adam boulton is very salty about this , closet tory and beth rigby , fuck me she is fucking annoying

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

They get a very generous redundancy package.

Explains why people like Steve Baker stood for re-election despite being relieved to lose.