Politics Thread!

[Dvorak]

This election has been the worst so far for displaying the evils of first past the post voting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c886pl6ldy9o

If anyone is going to get stitched up, the Tories and Reform are certainly enjoyable candidates, but next time the boot may well be on another foot.

Proportional representation then?
We have this in Germany. See, what's going to happen.

I, for one, would wish, we had your winner-takes-it-all-system... It sounds totally unfair at the first look, and it never got into my mind, but right now, hm, I see its advantages.

So, congrats - cool election. You showed'em fuckin fuckers.

[tufty]

Lest we forget.

[zip accident]

This election has been the worst so far for displaying the evils of first past the post voting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c886pl6ldy9o

If anyone is going to get stitched up, the Tories and Reform are certainly enjoyable candidates, but next time the boot may well be on another foot.

Proportional representation then?
We have this in Germany. See, what's going to happen.

I, for one, would wish, we had your winner-takes-it-all-system... It sounds totally unfair at the first look, and it never got into my mind, but right now, hm, I see its advantages.

So, congrats - cool election. You showed'em fuckin fuckers.

They'll be back. Every twenty years Labour gets a go, so the tyranny isn't obvioous, but in the long run, the tories mainly run things.

We can hope Labour revive the NHS, but it'll take a lot of work.

[KlaxonCow]

I was half asleep but I seem to have noticed last night that Wales didn't elect a single conservative MP.

Yeah, both Scotland and Wales have returned to being Tory-free zones once more!

Long may it last.

[Orava]

As I cannot vote in the national elections but can in the local and EU elections. It is a bit bizarre going to a fairly posh uni with all the hooray-henrys. They look down on you being the foreign scum. Where does that take me to politically - libdem all the way but only in local and EU elections.

[zip accident]

I was half asleep but I seem to have noticed last night that Wales didn't elect a single conservative MP.

Yeah, both Scotland and Wales have returned to being Tory-free zones once more!

Long may it last.

PFVA is correct, in Wales there are now no Tory MPs, however, according to the Beeb there are five Tory MPs left in Scotland.

Actually, the Scottish result is even more of a travesty than the overall British one.

Labour 851,897 votes, 37 seats.

SNP 724,758 votes, 9 seats.

LibDems 234,228 votes, 6 seats.

Tories 307,344 votes 5 seats.

Reform 167,979 votes 0 seats.

Greens 92,685 votes 0 seats.

The Greens woz robbed, obviously, but some of the others, particularly the SNP, have serious reason to complain too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/202 ... /S92000003

[PFVA]

The Nouveau Front Populaire (left) has pulled thru in France.

[PFVA]

And RN is third.
This has been a good week.

[venusian]

Yes, well done the French.

[KlaxonCow]

according to the Beeb there are five Tory MPs left in Scotland.

Oh, bollocks. I thought I heard it was zero (maybe that was an exit poll or something, and not the actual result).

My condolences on your loss, Scotland.

[TFO]

Well our Tory incumbent has been removed thank goodness.
She was a real case of the wheel is turning but the hamster is dead

Her sole achievement was to go on the Channel 5 politics programme once and proclaim that our beaches are the cleanest ever - for which she got shot down mightily by Feargal Sharkey and the 2 others on the panel
Utter waste of space

[tufty]

And RN is third. :D
This has been a good week.

third, but with nearly 40% of votes cast. There's no cause for celebration.

[KlaxonCow]

for which she got shot down mightily by Feargal Sharkey

Ah, he's got a good heart. Hard to find, I'm told.

[F-ZeroOne]

France is due some uncertainty for the next few months, and possibly they've kicked the problem a few years down the road, but its nice to have a glimmer of hope (as well as the mental sad tuba playing at the various shots of the French far rights celebration tables... ).

[zip accident]

sad tuba

Trombone?