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May 10 2010, 06:22 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 10 2010, 01:58 PM) Not to do so will back fire and could turn against Clegg and his party if another election is called
yes because they did so well on May 6th.......not. Actually they did very well. A lot better than labour and LD votes combined. The people rejected both LD's and labour.
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May 10 2010, 06:25 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ May 10 2010, 07:22 PM) Actually they did very well. A lot better than labour and LD votes combined. The people rejected both LD's and labour. The Liberals did not do very well last week. That is who were are talking about, no? Not to do so will back fire and could turn against Clegg and his party if another election is called
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May 10 2010, 06:49 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 10 2010, 07:25 PM) The Liberals did not do very well last week. That is who were are talking about, no?
Not to do so will back fire and could turn against Clegg and his party if another election is called They did better than the last election in terms of number of votes.
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May 10 2010, 07:03 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 10 2010, 07:25 PM) The Liberals did not do very well last week. That is who were are talking about, no?
Not to do so will back fire and could turn against Clegg and his party if another election is called yes; I also thought you were referring to labourn though.
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May 10 2010, 07:35 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ May 10 2010, 08:03 PM) yes; I also thought you were referring to labourn though. are you sure - Actually they did very well. A lot better than labour and LD votes combined
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May 10 2010, 07:35 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 10 2010, 07:49 PM) They did better than the last election in terms of number of votes. 1% up. No wonder they want PR! BNP up almost 2%.....
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May 10 2010, 08:41 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 10 2010, 08:35 PM) are you sure -
Actually they did very well. A lot better than labour and LD votes combined I was talking about MPs and not actual votes.
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May 10 2010, 09:56 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 10 2010, 08:35 PM) 1% up. No wonder they want PR! They want PR because they got 6,827,938 votes and only won 57 seats, whereas Labour got 8,604,358 votes and won 258 seats. Hardly seems fair.
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May 11 2010, 03:26 AM
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Open question to those who see the current situation as 'unfair'. How would PR or any other approach be fairer?
The way I see it, there is a need for constituencies in the UK as I think it's fair that each community is represented in parliament with the MP that earns the largest number of local votes. Given that (and you may not agree this itself is fair), how would PR work so that a proportionate number of MPs were in parliament?
How do you make up the numbers and still leave locals with their voice that they voted for? Create floating seats filled with those not strong enough to be elected but to make up the numbers?
Personally, I think it would be unfair for anyone to sit in the House of Commons who was not democratically elected. I'm all for alternatives, but haven't seen a truly workable solution that is any 'fairer' than the current setup.
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May 11 2010, 09:22 AM
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QUOTE (GMR @ May 10 2010, 09:41 PM) I was talking about MPs and not actual votes. Yes 6 less MPs is doing better.
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May 11 2010, 09:55 AM
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QUOTE (Newbury Expat @ May 11 2010, 04:26 AM) Open question to those who see the current situation as 'unfair'. How would PR or any other approach be fairer?
The way I see it, there is a need for constituencies in the UK as I think it's fair that each community is represented in parliament with the MP that earns the largest number of local votes. Given that (and you may not agree this itself is fair), how would PR work so that a proportionate number of MPs were in parliament? It seems that the favoured system is STV - Single Transferrable Vote - a complex system that uses larger constituencies represented by several MPs (harking back to the old days when the shires had multiple MPs). This system is used for most NI elections. My personal favourite would be to elect the House of Commons by an Alternative Vote system and the House of Lords by list based PR voted for at the same time. This would allow the top brass in a party to go into the upper house (probably under a different name) and the MPs in the Commons could concentrate on representing their constituencies rather than running ministries.
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May 11 2010, 06:10 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 11 2010, 10:22 AM) Yes 6 less MPs is doing better. Six PMs less is doing worse.
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May 11 2010, 06:55 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ May 11 2010, 10:55 AM) It seems that the favoured system is STV - Single Transferrable Vote - a complex system that uses larger constituencies represented by several MPs (harking back to the old days when the shires had multiple MPs). This system is used for most NI elections.
My personal favourite would be to elect the House of Commons by an Alternative Vote system and the House of Lords by list based PR voted for at the same time. This would allow the top brass in a party to go into the upper house (probably under a different name) and the MPs in the Commons could concentrate on representing their constituencies rather than running ministries. My money is on us having AV for the next election. I'm not sure what the referendum will ask though, will it be a YES / NO between FPP and AV or PR or will it be a three way choice between the three systems?
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May 11 2010, 08:19 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 11 2010, 11:55 AM) My money is on us having AV for the next election. I'm not sure what the referendum will ask though, will it be a YES / NO between FPP and AV or PR or will it be a three way choice between the three systems? And if it's a 3 way choice of which none are voted for by the majority, will we see the two most popular options combined into a 'coalition' option which no-one actually voted for
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May 11 2010, 10:21 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ May 11 2010, 10:16 PM) Considering how much the tories have slagged them off mainly for doing anything to get a bit of power, I'm saddened that they have sold themselves out for "a little bit of power" Considering the number one priority was to remove Gordon Brown and the Labour party from Number 10, it was job done, by any means. Let's not forget that after the debates, Labour too were slagging off the Lib Dems. "Slagging off" the opposite parties is not really a crime.
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