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All true, but an argument
All true, but an argument about the inadequacy of FPTP is a sidetrack from the original question of a lack of enthusiasm for Labour. They’re both valid cases, but mixing the two together muddies the waters.
Lowest share of vote for governing party delivering honking majority demonstrates brokenness of FPTP.
Lowest share of electorate demonstrates lack of enthusiasm for them (or anyone else).
Well exactly. But it’s much
Well exactly. But it’s much worse than the 33.7% makes it look. If you’re talking about enthusiasm, you need to look not at share of the vote, but at either raw vote numbers or share of the electorate. And since turnout was also down to 60%, that means only about 20% of people were motivated to vote for them, which compares even less favourably with past results. And obviously even less for each of their opponents. Basically, there’s not much enthusiasm for politicians generally (Reform included).
Nige is usually pretty quick at crying foul if/when he’s on the receiving end of anything like this.Or even when he’s not.
If you want to make an
If you want to make an argument about enthusiasm, focusing on vote share is probably missing the wood for the trees. Look at raw votes – the number of people voting for Labour was down on what it was at the last election, so at the least we can say that enthusiasm for them is less now than it was then.
(Same goes for the Lib Dems, btw)
Of course, by that reckoning there was less than half as much enthusiasm for Reform as there was for Labour, though.
this is the view from the states where their “neutral” origin will be displaced from ours never mind other factorsAnd apparently they’ve never heard of Sinn Féin, which seems… surprising.
Blimey – I didn’t expect that
Blimey – I didn’t expect that anyone would actually bother. And a somewhat disturbing answer. Especially given that, unless it’s changed significantly since I did it, you can usually, unless you’re completely lacking in common sense, discard at least one of the answers for being completely implausible*, which would mean you could be guessing even more of the time.
[* “Travelling at speed on a dual carriageway, you see brake lights coming on on the cars in front of you – what should you do?
a) Jam your foot down hard on the accelerator…]
Maths question for anyone who
Maths question for anyone who can be bothered:
Given that the theory test is multiple choice, with four choices per question, and a pass mark of 86%
- What are the odds of you passing in 60 attempts if you just pick answers at random?
- What kind of error rate would give you a better than evens chance of passing in 60 attempts?
Maybe if you fail, the pass mark for each subsequent attempt should be increased a little.
It seems an appropriate place to log this – The Sun has thrown its weight behind Labour
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28935096/its-time-for-a-change/
Clearly Labour really isn’t particularly left wing any more…
Not so much thrown their weight behind them as finally conceded that there’s no time left for anything to derail them – they just want to be seen backing the winner. What the poitics are is almost irrelevant.
yes to Toadface?Sorry – I’m not standing.
A child on a bicycle might be
A child on a bicycle might be a way to go if there are concerns about how people might perceive cyclists more generally.
More thirsty vehicles.
More thirsty vehicles.
If this is Rome, there was a
If this is Rome, there was a park-and-march just the other side of the Rubicon.
Fake news! Everyone knows that infra is a waste of money and actually makes things more dangerous!Well obviously – why do you think they gave up on building this stuff well over a millennium ago?
because you’re a feral youthI don’t think anyone’s buying that I’m a youth.
I hate to break it to you,
I hate to break it to you, but I’ve been known to cycle to Waitrose and avail of their meal deal.
