Corbyn's end game

[AtW]

Referendum is good proportional representation.

First past post General Election is a con

[shaunbhoy]

Referendum is good proportional representation.

And obviously as you are such a fan of PR, presumably you are quite happy with the Referendum outcome?



Oh Dear!!

[AtW]

I am happy with any outcome on Referendums as long as they are regular (at least annual), and obviously there is mechanism to revote if necessary same question.

Plus jail for liars like Farage and foreign money takers like Banks pr whatever his name is

[shaunbhoy]

I am happy with any outcome on Referendums as long as they are regular

These Euro ones ARE regular. They come along every 40 years or so whether they are needed or not.

Good to see you are finally coming round to the idea of Leaving.

[AtW]

Yes, that word - they are as Regular as was your “service” in an Army Regular, “Sarg”

[shaunbhoy]

Yes, that word - they are as Regular as was your “service” in an Army Regular, “Sarg”

You keep rabbiting on about MY Army Service.

I suspect deep down there is a degree of envy going on.

But enough of me, tell me what YOU did in the Army?

Leave out the bits that involved hiding under your bed. That would be too dreary.

[AtW]

I’ve done a lot actually.

But it’s not good time or place to discuss it.

[darmstadt]

In England, Scotland and Wales the voting system for the European elections is the d'Hondt system of proportional representation - regional closed list. In Northern Ireland the system is Single Transferable Vote.


Since 1999 voters in Britain have elected MEPs under a proportional representation system. The European Parliamentary Elections Act of that year introduced a regional list system with seats allocated to parties in proportion to their share of the vote.

This explains how Farage gets voted in as it's a vote for the party not the person, if it had been the person then he would have suffered the same fate he has when trying to get into the Houses of Parliament

[meridian]

Get real and stop being so stupid. A GE and A REFERENDUM are the same and yet so different.

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Not having your preferred option on the ballot paper of either one is not being disenfranchised.

HTH.

[AtW]

There is just one reason why this country (same in USA) still keeps first past the post system - it creates olygopoly and both parties are complicit in keeping it that way.

Problem is when things run into heavy issue like Brexit that splits both parties - now they are going to drive us over the cliff because of it.