LuckyNumber7
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Well, in the UK you still have incredibly shitty people on both sides and good people on both sides. Party affiliation has less to do with social views.
I saw a clip on Colbert tonight of a member of his own party up and waking over to sit with the other side while Johnson was speaking.
It was fantastic .
Now let's imagine a single Republican doing the same.
Crickets.
not looking good for Labor and Corbyn, looking very good for theRussiansConservatives andVladimir PutinBoris Johnson.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...tories-corbyn-boris-johnson-results-exit-poll
are exit polls generally accurate in the UK?
not looking good for Labor and Corbyn, looking very good for theRussiansConservatives andVladimir PutinBoris Johnson.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...tories-corbyn-boris-johnson-results-exit-poll
Crying wolf has worked so well for ya the last four years or so, comrade. Can't wait to hear what's next.
Crying wolf has worked so well for ya the last four years or so, comrade.
As evidenced by the massive landslide victories posted by the GOP in all the midterm and off-year elections.
I suppose US intelligence agencies have been “crying wolf” since 2016 as well
I hope liberals realize that everytime they lose an election and continuously cry “Russia” that you have become a parody of yourselves.
Some of you can’t even fathom the thought that the general public (UK or US) may actually think the policies you are pushing are crap.
Maybe a lot of people like the government staying out of their business instead of trying to control everything
I knew he was unpopular - but i had no idea about UK style gerrymandering!The UK has the same gerrymandering issue the US does, but until I hear evidence of otherwise, no reason to believe the general public didn’t vote against Corbyn. He’s insanely unpopular.
As evidenced by the massive landslide victories posted by the GOP in all the midterm and off-year elections.
I suppose US intelligence agencies have been “crying wolf” since 2016 as well
I hope liberals realize that everytime they lose an election and continuously cry “Russia” that you have become a parody of yourselves.
Some of you can’t even fathom the thought that the general public (UK or US) may actually think the policies you are pushing are crap.
Maybe a lot of people like the government staying out of their business instead of trying to control everything
I knew he was unpopular - but i had no idea about UK style gerrymandering!
Can you plz re-post your link, dazzled?
I don’t believe she intended to make a link but here’s a general nice relevant read: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37337175
Though I’m the one who said it and I misspoke a bit. Gerrymandering is not really the issue in the UK, as they flat out do not have proportional representation. We can imagine our gerrymandering here in the US as a partisan attempt from either side to sway proportional representation. But since we are on a two party system, ultimately we get pseudo-proportional representation once all is said and done (assuming everyone belongs to either party, and independents are willing to be represented by either).
In the UK they have the issue where, like in this current election and many prior, the MPs may be elected by sheer plurality. So in England, the Torries absolutely destroyed Labour. UK-wide, 13-10 ratio. But UK-wide, 13 isn’t close to half of the votes. It’s 43%. When sum up the sides (assuming we use the Brexit divide) nothing has changed. It’s near 50-50 (this statement can be said as most voters who wanted Brexit left labour in the dust this election).
So you have the tories plus the Brexit party amassing 45% of the vote, but taking 56% percent of the MPs. The same thing happened in scotland. The SNP took 45% of the vote (the same amount that voted for Scottish independence) yet the SNP holds a whopping 81% of the MPs! So it happens on both the left and the right. Make matters worse? The Scotland share of MPs is already disproportionately high to the UK. So scotland is 7% of the UK, but the SNP now holds 7% of the MPs in the UK. but there are still 11 MPs in Scotland not under SNP!
Their system is sort of screwed, and features the same setbacks as the electoral college. I would argue the ones in France and Germany are the more reasonable electoral and parliamentary systems, respectively.
He was very unpopular, more unpopular than Boris. I don't believe his unpopularity was ever as deserved as it was.
As I said it comes down to at its heart England is a very conservative nation and you need to fit the profile so as you say Labour has to work doubly hard on that to appear convincing.
Maybe a lot of people like the government staying out of their business instead of trying to control everything