MalcSB
Well-Known Member
Might be better, might be worse. FPTP seems to allow disproportionate majorities and yo-yoing from one philosophy to another rather than perhaps enabling some continuity.
Might be better, might be worse. FPTP seems to allow disproportionate majorities and yo-yoing from one philosophy to another rather than perhaps enabling some continuity.Still the most popular party. How would you feel if a Labour government was beholden to a Green/Lib Dem minority elected by an even smaller % of the electorate.
Or on the flip side, a party you voted for could only form a government with support of a smaller party or two - who you didn’t vote for?
It’s rare for parties to get above 40% in popular vote in general, but particularly so in PR systems. Therefore, coalition governments become the norm rather than majority governments.
Decisive majorities, in my personal opinion, is better. That’s just one school of thought, on the continent, the prevailing belief is that politics by consensus is inherently more desirable.Might be better, might be worse. FPTP seems to allow disproportionate majorities and yo-yoing from one philosophy to another rather than perhaps enabling some continuity.
Starmer has just announced some new money to spend on weapons, never a "tough decision" to be made in this areaGreat to see Blair is back and advising Starmer from the sidelines.
They've got no real powersGot to ask WTF have Ofwat been doing during all this (fuck all)
It'll be interesting to see how he's treated by the media now he's an actual MP, hopefully held to account moreFarage makes prick of himself on day 1
Doubt itIt'll be interesting to see how he's treated by the media now he's an actual MP, hopefully held to account more
Or one that got more votes than the Lib Dem’s and just under half Labour’s total.I'm sure he'll get a correctly proportional amount of coverage for a party that has only 4 seats
They've got no real powers
Starmer has just announced some new money to spend on weapons, never a "tough decision" to be made in this area
Tbf we already spend more on our military than our NATO commitment obliges.I haven't seen what that entails or how much money, and I appreciate there are plenty of other pressing concerns, but it's clearly important. Like everything else the Tories have utterly hollowed out the armed forces and left it in a dire state:
I haven't seen what that entails or how much money, and I appreciate there are plenty of other pressing concerns, but it's clearly important. Like everything else the Tories have utterly hollowed out the armed forces and left it in a dire state:
We are one of the few countries who meet NATO defence spending commitments
Yes and like everything else the Tories have obviously totally mismanaged that money and left something to ruin, so now it needs fixing.
So we need more armed forces personnel? Why? Are we going to war?
Tbf we already spend more on our military than our NATO commitment obliges.
'Shall we bother with pandemic planning? Why? Is there going to be a pandemic?'
Yup. Starmer's committed increase is also relatively small, and smacks of something you can stick in the last budget before the election to say you've made it!..and more than a lot of our NATO colleagues and have been for a significant period of time. Been saying for ages western European countries need to pull their collective fingers out and quick
So how does our number of armed forces compare to the rest of Europe? Our general standing is rather high isn’t it? I’m amazed you think defence spending is a big issue. Then again as you’ve seen an article on X why am I surprised
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I never said anything about number of armed forces.
And it's quite amusing you dismiss something from the recently retired Chief of the army yet take Best Diplomats as gospel.
I'm sure they've got a much better grasp of the state of the British armed forces than the bloke who was *checks notes* oh, in charge of the British armed forces.
Don't involve me in your daily tete-a-teteEven NW is someone sceptical
The last 2 years aside though our spending in real terms has gone down for over a decade and our military has shrunk considerably in terms of personnel.Tbf we already spend more on our military than our NATO commitment obliges.
Yes somebody who is high up in the army is not at all conflicted in this matterAnd it's quite amusing you dismiss something from the recently retired Chief of the army yet take Best Diplomats as gospel.
I'm sure they've got a much better grasp of the state of the British armed forces than the bloke who was *checks notes* oh, in charge of the British armed forces.
The last 2 years aside though our spending in real terms has gone down for over a decade and our military has shrunk considerably in terms of personnel.
The trend has been downward since Major really (Northern Ireland would help I guess? No more Cold War either) but we have always stayed above our NATO commitmentsThe last 2 years aside though our spending in real terms has gone down for over a decade and our military has shrunk considerably in terms of personnel.
Yes somebody who is high up in the army is not at all conflicted in this matter
It is, but they didn’t address that with the money saved.Personally think the increases in poverty is far more important a priority
If Braverman and BadEnoch are the final 2 the Tory memberships heads are going to explode trying to pick the craziest out of those two.If they were sensible they'd go for someone like Tugenhadt but they're not so it'll be Braverman or Badenoch and it'll be a disaster.
Someone's going to come on here and say they are centre right or moderates though. I really don't know what they have to say or do for some people to realise how extreme our last Government was. Let’s not forget these two held senior positions.If Braverman and BadEnoch are the final 2 the Tory memberships heads are going to explode trying to pick the craziest out of those two.
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