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lib are talking to labour please tell me it's not so

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 12,492 Forumite
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    will it lead to mass depressions? I think so. For goodness sake we are on a knife edge in the uk.
  • FATBALLZ
    FATBALLZ Posts: 5,146 Forumite
    ninky wrote: »
    i'm a labour voter but strongly support electoral reform. at least labour have previously come out in support of it in principle. it's not great they haven't prioritised it. but maybe this is now the right time to do so.

    I agree it is great and not at all founded in self-interest despite the current system that worked massively in their favour the previous 3 elections now working against them.
  • Really2
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    ninky wrote: »
    i'm a labour voter but strongly support electoral reform. at least labour have previously come out in support of it in principle. it's not great they haven't prioritised it. but maybe this is now the right time to do so.


    What 13 years ago they promised ,but it only becomes a priority when you lose???


    I wonder why??
  • FATBALLZ
    FATBALLZ Posts: 5,146 Forumite
    marklv wrote: »
    No more undemocratic than a minority Tory government elected by only 36% of voters.

    And there was me thinking 36 was a bigger number than 29.
  • michaels
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    Can't wait for this all to be over and the paid spinsters go home and we can have the forum back for people who are willing to debate the issues and have their minds changed rather than the party line parrot squad.
    ninky wrote: »
    i'm a labour voter but strongly support electoral reform. at least labour have previously come out in support of it in principle. it's not great they haven't prioritised it. but maybe this is now the right time to do so.
    I think....
  • ninky_2
    ninky_2 Posts: 5,872 Forumite
    Really2 wrote: »
    What 13 years ago they promised ,but it only becomes a priority when you lose???


    I wonder why??

    i think it's more a case of it only becoming a priority in a hung parliament situation that has highlighted the major flaws in our electoral system in a way that hasn't occurred living memory of many.
    Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron
  • Kohoutek
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    ninky wrote: »
    i'm a labour voter but strongly support electoral reform. at least labour have previously come out in support of it in principle. it's not great they haven't prioritised it. but maybe this is now the right time to do so.

    No they haven't. Labour promised electoral reform to the Lib Dems in 1997, then withdrew their support when they won a landslide victory. Funnily enough, Labour started indicating they might support electoral reform a few months before the last election when they realised they couldn't win another majority.

    It's nothing to do with 'principle', that's laughable, it's the opposite - political expediency.
  • ninky_2
    ninky_2 Posts: 5,872 Forumite
    michaels wrote: »
    Can't wait for this all to be over and the paid spinsters go home and we can have the forum back for people who are willing to debate the issues and have their minds changed rather than the party line parrot squad.

    !!!!!! are you talking about????

    i've been on this forum since 2005.
    Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron
  • marklv
    marklv Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    FATBALLZ wrote: »
    And there was me thinking 36 was a bigger number than 29.

    But 23.6% voted Lib Dem, and this plus 29% equals 52.6%. A clear majority of votes.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    ninky wrote: »
    i think it's more a case of it only becoming a priority in a hung parliament situation that has highlighted the major flaws in our electoral system in a way that hasn't occurred living memory of many.

    I think you need to wake up. Labour lost, and no amount of "I agree with Nick" will get them out of the lies they carry on spouting.
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