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[OwlHoot]

Interesting map - https://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries

By jingo, the Sun never sets on that lot! It's almost like the good old days.

[SueEllen]

Yep. strangely they wanted to be part of a British run organisation despite all the disgusting things apparently only the UK did.

Interesting map - https://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries

[vetran]

Lots of people don't realise that there are countries that were colonies of other European countries in the commonwealth...

Yep. strangely they wanted to be part of a British run organisation despite all the disgusting things apparently only the UK did.

[OwlHoot]

108 votes to the loonies

• David Bettney, Social Democratic Party - 104

• The Incredible Flying Brick, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party -108

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David Bettney, whoever he is, must be feeling really down this morning!

[GJABS]

Do the only thing any CUKer should do....

108 votes to the loonies

• David Bettney, Social Democratic Party - 104

• The Incredible Flying Brick, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party -108

• Hilton Dawson, The North East Party - 163
• Gemma Evans, Women's Equality Party - 140
• Rachel Sara Featherstone, The Green Party - 358
• Adam Gaines, Independent - 126
• Andrew Michael Hagon, Liberal Democrat - 349
• Steve Jack, Freedom Alliance, No Lockdowns, No Curfews - 72
• Chris Killick - 248
• Sam Lee, Independent - 2,904
• Claire Martin, Heritage Party - 468
• Jill Mortimer, Conservative Party - 15,529
• John Prescott, Reform UK - 368
• Thelma Doris Walker, Independent - 250
• W. Ralph Ward-Jackson, Independent - 157
• Paul Daniel Williams, Labour Party - 8,589

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-57016689

[SueEllen]

You don't understand how the commonwealth works do you?

Lots of people don't realise that there are countries that were colonies of other European countries in the commonwealth...

[LondonManc]

Do the only thing any CUKer should do....

[AtW]

Just vote for Uncle Vlad, you know he is going to get in anyway!

Vlad bends vote counts and cuts off candidates (parties) from registrations - this is fixable, but UK achieves the same with FPTP two party system and it’s not clear how that can be fixed - voting in any bent system is just giving it legitimacy.

[vetran]

Not voting in protest against bent undemocratic FPTP system

Just vote for Uncle Vlad, you know he is going to get in anyway!

[vetran]

Nope, they gave real independence to Indonesia and Suriname, but out of the 6 tiny remaining overseas territories 3 are now their own country namely Aruba, Curacao and Saint Martin and the other 3 have become Dutch town councils

You don't understand how the commonwealth works do you?

[NotAllThere]

Do the Dutch have an equivalent to the Commonwealth?

They had an empire for around 400 years. Decolonisation wasn't always pretty. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...e-1439153.html

[AtW]

Not voting in protest against bent undemocratic FPTP system

[Eirikur]

Do the Dutch have an equivalent to the Commonwealth?

Nope, they gave real independence to Indonesia and Suriname, but out of the 6 tiny remaining overseas territories 3 are now their own country namely Aruba, Curacao and Saint Martin and the other 3 have become Dutch town councils

[LondonManc]

Back then I doubt there were any peple living there, and the penguins didn't have much of a say.

The Dutch wouldn't have noticed, they were too busy shipping Africans via Ghana to America.

[OwlHoot]

You mean the British settlers that invaded the Malvinas in 1765?

Back then I doubt there were any peple living there, and the penguins didn't have much of a say.