loraward Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Thanks for posting this. I defy anybody to argue this is not indicative of a badly broken system. For nearly a couple of centuries, apart from a few parliaments, the system worked because there were two dominant main parties. Now there aren't. There are new parties and the system is now less democratic The Conservative MP on question time did his best to claim the system is fair and that only people that lost are complaining, the SNP disagreed with him even though they got the most benefit from the system we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 wow, thats a lot of idiots Or a lot of sensible people and you're the idiot:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick1 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 wow, thats a lot of idiots Your logic is unbelievable! Or have you nothing better to say? I don't care for Labour or the Tories, but wouldn't call all their supporters "idiots"! Everyone to their own beliefs and opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Your logic is unbelievable! Or have you nothing better to say? I don't care for Labour or the Tories, but wouldn't call all their supporters "idiots"! Everyone to their own beliefs and opinions. you support ukip then talk to me about logic ---------- Post added 09-05-2015 at 12:35 ---------- Or a lot of sensible people and you're the idiot:hihi: in the small warped world of ukip thats probably about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazybaby Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Who do you support Mel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 you support ukip then talk to me about logic ---------- Post added 09-05-2015 at 12:35 ---------- in the small warped world of ukip thats probably about right 4 million to 1, I think the odds may be against you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil woman Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 The Conservative MP on question time did his best to claim the system is fair and that only people that lost are complaining, the SNP disagreed with him even though they got the most benefit from the system we have. The problem with PR arises when you don't put up a candidate in every seat. If you are a minor party and only contest one or two seats you could get 60% of the vote but still get stuck with an MP who is from a different country in the UK who doesn't care a jot about local issues. Northern Ireland springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElasticMan Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 The problem with PR arises when you don't put up a candidate in every seat. If you are a minor party and only contest one or two seats you could get 60% of the vote but still get stuck with an MP who is from a different country in the UK who doesn't care a jot about local issues. Northern Ireland springs to mind. Not if we used a regional list system, similar to the euro elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Thanet DC first district council to be taken by UKIP. Labour and Tories routed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-minx92 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 UKIP will not do very well. Wrong. They did surprisingly well in terms of winning people's votes. the fact this didn't translate to many seats in parliament is a shortcoming of the electoral system not a reflection on their performance. UKIP won three times as many votes as SNP. For this The SNP got 56 seats in parliament. uKIP got 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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