Depressing viewing I turned it off after that old racist.
I currently live in a similarly poor and deprived northern working class town. One that gave Reform an absolute last-place kicking at the last by-election. Liverpool is the same, no way will the people there buy this far-right shit. I suspect where I live will either return to Labour or keep the gobshite independent. No way in hell will it go Reform. I don’t even need to vote tactically here, so I’ll just be in the 2-3% locally that vote Green.
Question because I don't know the answer... under the present system SNP MPs require a far fewer number of votes to gain a seat in Scotland than Labour or Conservative do in England because (as far as I can tell) their constituencies are on the whole less densely populated.SNP on 3%, would mean fewer than 20 seats. PR, count me in.
Question because I don't know the answer... under the present system SNP MPs require a far fewer number of votes to gain a seat in Scotland than Labour or Conservative do in England because (as far as I can tell) their constituencies are on the whole less densely populated.
Would this be reflected under a devolved form of PR? i.e. would PR be based on the votes cast in a particular country not across the UK as a whole?
I’ve made my view of Galloway plain. He is a despicable opportunist except when it comes to Palestine, where his principles heroically win out over his ego. I would far rather an articulate pro-Palestine voice in Parliament than some lickspittle Labour apparatchik.Interesting, that predicts the homophobic Brexit/Putin-loving cat impersonator and indoor hat-model is going to hold on in Rochdale.
Question because I don't know the answer... under the present system SNP MPs require a far fewer number of votes to gain a seat in Scotland than Labour or Conservative do in England because (as far as I can tell) their constituencies are on the whole less densely populated.
Would this be reflected under a devolved form of PR? i.e. would PR be based on the votes cast in a particular country not across the UK as a whole?
What's your take on the appetite for another independence referendum Tone?No idea but the SNP will lose a lot of seats in the GE, they'll hold onto the western isles and probably bits of Edinburgh but I doubt they'll hold on to much in Glasgow and the likes of Aberdeen and Inverness etc.
If I were a betting man I'd be betting on less than 20 seats for the SNP.
I'm in an SNP constituency BTW I think they might hold on here though.
I’ve made my view of Galloway plain. He is a despicable opportunist except when it comes to Palestine, where his principles heroically win out over his ego. I would far rather an articulate pro-Palestine voice in Parliament than some lickspittle Labour apparatchik.
What's your take on the appetite for another independence referendum Tone?
I'm wondering whether the removal of the Tories from Westminster will make it less of a priority for some folk. Though I guess that also depends on what a Labour government looks like.
Always worth listening to Varoufakis. Here he lands well aimed blows on Reeves economics, Tory privatisation, Reform, and from 35:35 in, articulates what is likely to follow the implosion of the Tory party.
Actually I checked and my premise was wrong. Average constituency sizes are relatively uniform - 57,992 for Wales (lowest) and 74,861 for England (highest).Don’t see why it would be different, you’d have rural seats in England and Wales making the same case. Isn’t that the whole point of PR, if you live in the UK, your vote should be worth the same wherever it is cast.
Typical Liberal BBC journo. “Well fascism can be a nasty old business, but they have a democratic right to air their views, and we’re happy to platform them.”Jo Coburn seems quite relaxed about the prospect of a far-right government in the UK.
Very naive - it's not at all unusual though we see it among young people flirting with the right across Europe.Typical Liberal BBC journo. “Well fascism can be a nasty old business, but they have a democratic right to air their views, and we’re happy to platform them.”
Which is entirely down to social democracy’s capitulation to neoliberalism and racism.Very naive - it's not at all unusual though we see it among young people flirting with the right across Europe.
15-20 sounds about right for the SNP, but I don't think the Western Isles will be among them. Smallish majority and the incumbent has been booted out of the party and has a chequered personal history to boot. I'd put money on that going to Labour.No idea but the SNP will lose a lot of seats in the GE, they'll hold onto the western isles and probably bits of Edinburgh but I doubt they'll hold on to much in Glasgow and the likes of Aberdeen and Inverness etc.
If I were a betting man I'd be betting on less than 20 seats for the SNP.
I'm in an SNP constituency BTW I think they might hold on here though.
Let them win seats. Let them try to run a local authority. Deliver local services to people, deal with complaints, run an education dept and early years services, old people's care etc etc.Quite. They‘d have 117 seats, instead of 2, or maybe none at all. Some should be careful what they wish for.
ETA. SNP on 3%, would mean fewer than 20 seats. PR, count me in.