General Election - 4th July 2024

[Gray]

That's not strictly true. I know people voted Lib Dem and Green who are over the moon that Labour are in power.

Is that all the Lib Dem and Green voters?

I think not.

 

[Gray]

Until you get 100% turn out, the voting system will never be right. For all we know, the c40% who never voted on Thursday may well have voted Labour had they turned out

The 40% who didn’t vote should be struck off the register unless they have a valid reason for being unable to vote.

 

[bluenova]

Is that all the Lib Dem and Green voters?

I think not.

I'd imagine it's a significant amount of Lib Dems. Nearly half of Lib Dem voters said they supported another party, but voted tactically - by far the highest of any party.

Lots of left wing commentators and 'influencers' have been claiming for weeks that Labour would win, and therefore it's safe to vote Green/Independent, and still get Labour. The Green vote is squeezed by Labour at virtually every election, as clearly they're a lot closer than Greens and Tories. A lot of Green voters will be pleased that they've got a party who actually believe in tackling climate change, instead of banging on about the war on motorists.

From my own interactions with Reform voters during the election - there are even plenty of them who will be much happier with Labour than the Tories.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

How the 2024 election could have looked with proportional representation

And the results are out. This election has the biggest difference ever between how we voted and the MPs that now represent us.This was the first election ever where four parties got ove

www.electoral-reform.org.uk

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

What if long-range goals counted double? Liverpool would be Premier League champions!

It's a mode in FIFA 19, and one club chief wants to bring it to real football. How would the Premier League look if long-range goals counted double?

www.espn.co.uk

 

[hilts]

The 40% who didn’t vote should be struck off the register unless they have a valid reason for being unable to vote.

Absolutely not, everyone has the right to vote but it doesn't mean they have to nor should they.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Until you get 100% turn out, the voting system will never be right. For all we know, the c40% who never voted on Thursday may well have voted Labour had they turned out

Exactly mate.

40% of the voting population couldn’t be arsed.

Then only 34% of the 60% who could be arsed voted Labour.

It’s pitiful that that’s seen as an acceptable system for giving a party power.

 

[Vic]

Mike Leigh Says Peterloo Gatherers Would Be ‘Horrified’ At Abstaining Voters, Wishes He Got Bigger Budgets for Contemporary Films

‘What I failed to do is get money together to make a contemporary film on a bigger scale with more characters,’ Leigh says at Mediterrane.

variety.com

 

[trueblue1972]

The 40% who didn’t vote should be struck off the register unless they have a valid reason for being unable to vote.

Who decides what is a valid reason ?.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

What if long-range goals counted double? Liverpool would be Premier League champions!

It's a mode in FIFA 19, and one club chief wants to bring it to real football. How would the Premier League look if long-range goals counted double?

www.espn.co.uk

I suppose that is essentially how fptp works.