Dr Strangelove (how I learned to stop worrying and love Boris)

I’ve read about this before and it seems you end up with a mish mash bodge of everything and nobody gets what they would like.

 

I can’t see the problem of whoever wins the election runs the whole country, then there is nobody to blame but themselves if they fail. That should include councillors as well.

 

The trouble is councillors are ruled by the budgets or lack of that they are set

 

So if a minority of people vote for a party they shouldn’t ‘win’. The rest is about where the party in power pressures people in here they draw the lines, and picks the system that makes them win. Would you agree with that ? The definition of who ‘wins’ is the key in this.

 

Good article about the posh fop. https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/07/the-...nnot-be-trusted-16421100/#l1p52titgdxoc15lvx7

 

Aye, what I’m saying is if Labour got in they should be all Labour council’s as well so they would be daft if they starved them of funds, so you would think by the end of 5 years things should be looking up. If it’s not nobody else to blame as they’ve had no opposition for those 5 years.

 

Sorry mate, I don’t quite understand that.

 

We regular get a party in power that got a minority of people voting for them - they just got more seats- who in turn meddle with boundaries and maintain a voting system that benefits them not democracy. So who wins is only based on the rules that set. Happens with both parties.

 

I don’t understand the point of Labour winning and having Tory councillors or vice Versa it seems a recipe for a disaster from the off.

 

Yes but what I’m saying is they would have no opposition for five years, if they do s hit who in their right mind would vote them in again?

 

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/general-election-2019-turning-votes-into-seats/ So 57% voted other than conservative but conservative got 56% of seats

 

See what you mean,

 

Yeah, remember reading somewhere bozo got big majority with 300k less votes than May received in the previous election due to boundary changes.

 

Missing Con Dom for Johnson
Or Dick Dom

 

Happens with both winners on both sides to be fair which is why it has to be out of their hands.

 

Totally agree, though I do agree with some of the reasons they were giving re equalling up population per seat... but once its in place should be left alone

 

No, sorry. As far as I'm aware thats the responsibility of an independent boundary commission, not the government.

 

The war in Ukraine led to a "giant leap" in food prices last month, says the United Nations.

Rising costs for basics such as cereal, vegetable oil and sugar have been revealed in the UN Food Prices Index that tracks commodities. They're at their highest since records began 60 years ago, jumping nearly 13% in March, following February's high.

Ukraine is the world's biggest exporter of sunflower oil, which means the costs of alternatives have also climbed. It's also a major producer of cereals such as maize and wheat.

The cost-of-living crisis is worrying politicians and has sparked warnings of social unrest across the world.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61036715


I'm shocked at this. I thought it was only the UK that is affected

 

There is always meddling. Whoever is in charge. This government even want to own the electoral commission which is arguably one of the most worrying things they’ve done.