I certainly didn't vote for him :oI'm just hoping the net gain from this is Proportional representation for the UK..
Otherwise the Welsh, Scottish and Irish can get our saws out and start cutting at that border :P
(Otherwise the Welsh, Scottish and Irish can get our saws out and start cutting at that border :P
w00tAlohrs Où peux-je cacher ces noix de coco?,
Fri 7 May 2010, 14:02,
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actuallytake a look at the number of seats per percentage of vote, it's quite interesting.
the tories come in at about 8.2 seats per percentage point and labour at 8.7. clearly labour are slightly preferred. the lib dems are down at 2.4 and suffering badly. we knew all this before. the snp are also suffering, at 3.5 seats per percentage point and plaid are at 5.
but sinn fein are at 8, almost up with the tories. and the fucking dup are on 13.3 and will be the most over-represented group in this parliament, if you choose to believe in that as a metric.
(the tories come in at about 8.2 seats per percentage point and labour at 8.7. clearly labour are slightly preferred. the lib dems are down at 2.4 and suffering badly. we knew all this before. the snp are also suffering, at 3.5 seats per percentage point and plaid are at 5.
but sinn fein are at 8, almost up with the tories. and the fucking dup are on 13.3 and will be the most over-represented group in this parliament, if you choose to believe in that as a metric.
boris the spider,
Fri 7 May 2010, 14:05,
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I will be interested to see the actual breakdown of what we would have got this election with PR.....yes I know that we might end up with some BNP in the mix :(...
but atm 50 odd seats (this is about 1/12th i think ) for a party that garners about 25% of the vote seems rather sickening.
(but atm 50 odd seats (this is about 1/12th i think ) for a party that garners about 25% of the vote seems rather sickening.
w00tAlohrs Où peux-je cacher ces noix de coco?,
Fri 7 May 2010, 14:11,
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oh yeahthat's why the lib dems are way down at 2.4 seats per percentage point. the greens are even worse off, they got 1 seat per percentage point.
i actually have no real firm opinion on pr. i don't like party politics and i don't like the disjunction between you and "your" "representative" that you get in pr systems, but that doens't mean that the current system is sane. the lib dems are clearly horribly under-represented, and though i don't like the tories much they're also clearly hampered and labour are artificially boosted.
anyway, too much politics, too few jokes.
(i actually have no real firm opinion on pr. i don't like party politics and i don't like the disjunction between you and "your" "representative" that you get in pr systems, but that doens't mean that the current system is sane. the lib dems are clearly horribly under-represented, and though i don't like the tories much they're also clearly hampered and labour are artificially boosted.
anyway, too much politics, too few jokes.
boris the spider,
Fri 7 May 2010, 14:13,
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