1heckofaguy Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 The two main parties, Labour and Tory each trying to win overall every 4 or 5 years to implement their agenda on the country against the will of the voters of the losing party. Can't we find a way for Labour supporters to do it their way and those who subscribe to the Conservatives go and live in their little world? It would be like two parallel universes and neither would miss the other really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 how? we all share the same world, country??? a country with TWO governments? 2 sets of people living side by side adhering to only one set of rules? come on mr troll, must do better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1heckofaguy Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 how? we all share the same world, country??? a country with TWO governments? 2 sets of people living side by side adhering to only one set of rules? come on mr troll, must do better Why should (normally) one party be able to implement its agenda on the whole country when a significant portion of the population are utterly opposed to it. I know that's how democracy works but its daft to me that 51% of eligible voters can get their way over the other 49%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 A power share might work. I don't mean a coalition though. A Labour Government and all local authorities run by the Conservatives would be my compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1heckofaguy Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 A power share might work. I don't mean a coalition though. A Labour Government and all local authorities run by the Conservatives would be my compromise. We've got to do something because this adversarial system is bringing us all down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 You'd prefer a one party state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angos Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Why should (normally) one party be able to implement its agenda on the whole country when a significant portion of the population are utterly opposed to it. I know that's how democracy works but its daft to me that 51% of eligible voters can get their way over the other 49%. Have you seen the news recently, Egypt, Syria, this is what happens when one group of people can't tolerate the decisions made by another group of people, they start killing each other, so whilst I don't like some of the decisions made by our elected government, I will tolerate them because the alternative is anarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Split the country in two, split London in two as well like Berlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Why should (normally) one party be able to implement its agenda on the whole country when a significant portion of the population are utterly opposed to it. I know that's how democracy works but its daft to me that 51% of eligible voters can get their way over the other 49%. You don't even need 51%,or even 25% to win. In 2005 Labour won with 35% of the vote, but because the turnout was so low that's only 22% of the electorate. That was still enough to have a 66 seat majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angos Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Looking at this map its clear to see that 80% of England should be for the Conservatives, the libdems should move to the top of Scotland with Labour people occupying a bit in between the two. Then split Wales up for all the smaller parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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