This comment epitomises why we need electoral reform. Far too many people vote for the thing they dislike least, wouldn't it be better if you could vote positively, ie for what you wanted most, and to know that your vote really would count?
It seems to me that Johnson sees himself in Presidential terms, no doubt 'inspired' by that intellectual colossus Trump. I really do think it's up to all of the population of GB who consider that idea to be anathema to do what we can to oppose both him and his party (until they come to their senses, if they ever do) at every turn and call their lies and sophistry out at every opportunity.
That's back to the directly-elected PM route, which is something foreign to UK politics.
Both certainly have flamboyant hairstyles!
I object to the word “style”
An example of an anodyne party making hay using the STV system occurred in the Six Counties at the recent Assembly elections there; the Alliance party received 13% of 1st preference votes but gained 17 out of 90 seats (19%). I suspect this was due to SDLP-supporting Castle Catholics voting Alliance as 2nd preference rather than Sinn Fein.
In theory the PM is appointed by the monarch as someone “who can command the confidence of the house”. It’s just turned out that’s ended up meaning the leader of the largest party. There have been a couple of occasions in the recent past when people have suggested governments with alternatives (the anti-Brexit GNU and 2010 Lib-Lab coalition). But it usually founders on how a PM who is not in charge of their party works. Can the party leader whip the PM into particular policies?
Not a very good example of the inadequacy of FPTP systems. The SNP is a party that only stands in 59 Scottish constituencies where the total electorate is about 9% of the UK total. UKIP however stood in 624 constituencies in which none of them saw UKIP as suitable MP material. Even if they had only contested seats in areas where their policies suited the local demographics e.g. north east Essex, Lincolnshire, north Kent, etc., the proportion of votes that they had would represent the level of support in those areas, i.e. still not enough.
Nobody has to place a second preference, if they object to all the parties except one. The fact that most people do express that preference indicates that they are thinking about what they would be able to live with if their preferred party doesn't win. So STV and coalitions ensure that a majority of people get a party in power that they would at least partly support. That's much less true in the case of FPTP especially in the current UK situation where there is probably little overlap between Conservative support and that for other parties.
Did you struggle to come up with one for J. Corbyn?
EDIT I just hope that the recipients of these phone calls respond with a huge raspberry, in the knowledge that any promise from Boris is worthless like all of his other promises.
I'm not convinced the 'threat' of being promoted will be a game changer; many of those expressing concern are old stagers who are happy on the back benches, or are too independently minded to want to sit in the Cabinet Room chanting election promises. They may also feel they will get a better deal under an alternative. It might also concern some of those holding office that they will be pushed aside to make way for the new 'loyalists'.
You are right. We forget that currently (I think) there are eleven political parties represented in the Commons - seven are confined to only one of the nations that make up the UK (although. of course, Sinn Fein also operate south of the border).
Why is Corbyn at all relevant? May as well hark back to Thatcher and everyone in between.
If these letters keep coming at this same rate, it is going to take some time to reach the magic figure required and that is not the end of the matter.
The question was trying to compare what type of weather forecasts would best descrribe the characters and charisma of two people who had occupied the position of "head honcho" offered.
Or better than you thought?
Whereas there will be countless posting reminders from the supporters of other political parties.
The 2010-15 coalition period was reasonable in my view. Liberals were able to temper Tories aspirations but stupid Liberal voters didn't like what they had implemented and instigated they chaos we now find ourselves in. Coalitions by their nature require compromises and the Liberals should have realised that more than anyone else.
doubt it the whole cabinet if full of sycophants who know they will be consigned to the back benches if the likes of Hunt were to make it through. The risk here is BoJo wins through and becomes even more dictatorial.
I wonder what Maggie would say
Much though I disliked what she did to the country, there's no way she would have attempted to hang on so desperately, she'd have had a bit more pride. Denis would probably have had a quiet word, as opposite a spouse as you could think of from Carrie.I wonder what Maggie would say
