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Rich_cb wrote:
We don’t elect Prime Ministers.You’re technically correct (the best kind of correct).
People do vote for Prime Ministers and/or parties though.
Sriracha wrote:
I think you’re right. Major parties have to look over their shoulder and steal the ideas of up and coming parties, and weave them into the compromise they present to the voters. Smaller parties complain that they never get any representation under FPTP, but as long as their ideas advance on their merits, regardless of who advances them, then democracy is served. The system exists not for the benefit of the parties, but for the electorate.I agree. Here in Bristol, a lot of us are voting Green not necessarily because we think that they’ll become our MP (congrats to Bristol Centre voters though for achieving just that), but in order to send a message to whoever is in power. I prefer voting for ideas/policies rather than personalities.
Sriracha wrote:
You seem to be confusing ours for a presidential system. The only people who voted for Starmer were the good people of Holborn and St PancrasIt’s a darn sight better than having two unelected prime ministers that weren’t even mentioned in the manifestos…
In a general election, a lot of people vote for the party that they want in power rather than just specifically for their local MP, although the ballot sheet does only list MPs.
Rich_cb wrote:
The problem arises when policies are enacted that weren’t even mentioned in the manifestos. Labour’s manifesto was notoriously light on detail this time round so nobody really knows what Starmer has in store. I’m secretly hopeful for significant NHS reform but given Labour’s position on private education I don’t think I’m going to get anything that I might actually be able to support. Time will tell though.It’s a darn sight better than having two unelected prime ministers that weren’t even mentioned in the manifestos…
Funny how right whingers now want electoral reform.In his defence, he has mentioned it before
I wouldn’t worry to much about Labour and EU. tories and Farage have already shown us that u-turns are par for the course and wholly acceptable.Starmer’s U-turns are apparently quite dangerous though:
https://road.cc/content/news/witness-starmer-was-making-u-turn-when-he-hit-cyclist-278313
This, for better or worse, is how the system works and the Tories didn’t seem to mind when it delivered them four elections on the bounce. What’s that phrase we have been hearing ad nauseam from Brexiteers since 2016? Something about you lost, get over it?Hopefully, it won’t be a simple lose/win dichotomy and the country will benefit from Starmergeddon (time will tell) and thus everyone will “win”. It’s not like the Brexit referendum where everyone apart from a small handful of people loses out.
I’m hoping that Labour will be looking over their shoulders at Green who put on a very good showing in Bristol. My area (Bristol East) had Greens come relatively close second place and of course, they won quite decisively in Bristol Central.
I did an arts thingThe North Circular has been named the most polluted road in London, but for many people, it’s known as home. Louis photographed the residents of the road, curious how they ended up in such an inhospitable and polluted environment. In 1952, the great London ‘pea soup’ Smog led to the clean air act four years later. This inspired the project to make invisible pollution visible. By hanging the photographic prints by the roadside, the image surfaces collected dangerous road dust, which were then photographed using an electron microscope to make clear the dangerous particles that are invisible to the naked eye. This particulate matter is 2.5-10 micrometres wide, so small that it slips past our bodies’ defences; you can fit a thousand on the full stop at the end of this sentence. These particles penetrate deep into our respiratory and circulatory system, damaging our bodies.
The work draws attention to the invisible and dangerous impact of our love for fossil fuel powered motor engines.
Unfortunately, most of the particulate pollution ends up getting washed off into our waterways and certainly the tyre particulates are terrible for the health of marine life. However, there seems to be a national policy to keep polluting our waterways with the regulator being utterly toothless (e.g. if a pollution spill is reported late by a water company, then the regulator cannot measure the scale of it and won’t penalise the company for it).
I don’t think I’ve seen a disc brake compatible road fork with the aesthetic you describe, I’m not sure but it could be that the thin, curved design does not lend itself to the increased structural requirements that a disc caliper needs on a fork.I reckon that’s what’s happened – they build the forks for disk brakes and maybe a curve in the forks makes the handling a bit iffy whilst braking.
Hirsute wrote:
I agree. Not sure who is left wing in the UK.
I ended up voting labour after checking the tactical vote sites. I do wonder how many voted the Tories out rather than voting labour in.
The Tories have done more for Labour than Labour has.
‘How can we prevent this sort of incident happening again? More stringent and frequent medical tests for people who hold a driving license? Try and change the trend in people wanting bigge, vulgar vehicles? No no, wait I’ve got it…..more robust fences around every school in the land’Can’t we just get schoolkids to wear bike helmets whilst at school?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjjwl5g29d8o
Two calves and a cow have died after dogs attacked them in their field.
The attack is believed to have taken place in the field, off Holme Lacy Road in the Rotherwas area of Hereford, on Saturday.
The calves were chased by two dogs before being killed and the cow had to be put down after being injured during the attack.
West Merica Police has urged anyone who has information about the attacks to come forward.
They’ll try anything except for controlling drivers
Rich_cb wrote:
The Greens are also keen on attracting that particular demographic. https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/at-least-three-green-party-candidates-dropped-over-inappropriate-comments-amid-antisemitism-row-a3otuqoh%5B/quote%5DIf by “keen” you mean immediately dropping those candidates and not letting them stand for the Greens, then sure, they’re really aiming to attract them.
Meanwhile, we have the Tories doing stuff like this: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/18/tory-candidate-accused-of-dog-whistle-tactics-against-rival-with-indian-name
[quote]A Conservative candidate has been criticised for sending letters to British-Pakistani voters allegedly insinuating they should vote for him instead of his Labour rival because of her Indian surname.
Marco Longhi, the Tory candidate fighting for re-election in Dudley North against Sonia Kumar, has been accused of using dog-whistle politics and attempting to “alienate British Hindus”.
In a letter to “voters of the British Pakistani/Kashmiri community in Dudley”, Longhi asked if the Labour candidate would speak for Kashmir in parliament. Kumar’s name was in bold, capitalised and underlined.
Rishi Sunak has been called to withdraw his support for Longhi and condemn the letter.
https://boingboing.net/2024/06/16/pet-cow-named-clementina-is-jealous-of-her-moms-boyfriend.html
Pet cow named Clementina is jealous of her mom’s boyfriend