Always thought PR with the 5% threshold as in Germany was a good idea.
Nick
From: Richard Naef <[email protected]>
To: Michael Benjamin <[email protected]>; Matt Anderson <[email protected]>
Cc: Leeds List <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [LU] : Manchester
That may well be the experience in your country, but it's a special case as the
involvement of religious parties is part of the basis for your existence.
Modern European democracies are all based on PR and better for it. In the UK
the vast majority of people's vote are literally worth nothing. UKIP, greens,
lib Dems got over 7 million votes between them and had 10 MPs. Tories got 35%
of vote and pretty much complete control.
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Subject: RE: [LU] : Manchester
From: Michael Benjamin
To: Matt Anderson ,Richard Naef
CC: Leeds List
Ridiculous---You can never appreciate ridiculous till you live under
proportional representation. It promotes militants loons. In Israel the 10-15%
penguins are 'driven by' a third motivated ones. They then hold the balance of
power. You do not get diversity you get lunacy. No one looks to represent the
middle of the road majority. It is too complex; so you get uni-issue agitators
to their own minority and don't give a toss about anyone else. In a two tier
system [like Commons and Lords] pay lip service to some proportionality.
In first past the post you have one man answering his constituency. With PP you
have lists who are responsible to a diffuse electorate.
Michael
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|-----Original Message-----
|From: Leedslist [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt
|Anderson
|Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 5:05 PM
|To: Richard Naef <[email protected]>
|Cc: Leeds List <[email protected]>
|Subject: Re: [LU] : Manchester
|
|Don't get me started on that. I'm pro PR.
|
|As a "red Tory" I live in a safe labour seat. I hate what Corbyn is trying to
do. But
|don't have any voice
|
|His legacy will be 10 years of unopposed Tory rule at least
|
|Sent from my iPhone
|
|> On 24 May 2017, at 14:55, Richard Naef <[email protected]>
|wrote:
|>
|> I'm of the opinion if you live in a democratic society and benefit from that,
|you've also got to accept responsibility for decisions made by democratically
|elected politicians.
|>
|> Blair went to parliament, who voted by a large majority to back him. That's
|how things work in a democracy, flawed tho it may be (esp with our ridiculous
|voting system)
|>
|> ttfn
|>
|> Richard
|>
|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: Matt Anderson [mailto:[email protected]]
|> Sent: 24 May 2017 14:03
|> To: Richard Naef <[email protected]>
|> Cc: Leeds List <[email protected]>
|> Subject: Re: [LU] : Manchester
|>
|> "War is hell, don't get involved in one if you aren't ready to face the
|consequences."
|>
|> Exactly! However that choice to get into a war was made for us! Political
self
|interest globally is to blame and our politicians were complicit but not in our
|name
|>
|> Sent from my iPhone
|>
|>> On 24 May 2017, at 13:47, Richard Naef <richard@triumph-
|computers.co.uk> wrote:
|>>
|>> War is hell, don't get involved in one if you aren't ready to face the
|consequences.
|>
|
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