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11-28-2025, 02:42 PM
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In local by-elections in Scotland you rank your choice of candidate at each round the candidate with the lowest number of votes drops out and their votes are reassigned based on who they ranked second, this goes on until a candidate gets an outright majority. It's also how Australian elections work.
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Interesting and seems like a good approach. Only point that would cause issue is that effectively combines the Tory and Reform vote making them relatively likely to get in enough constituencies to allow for an alliance to make a government wouldn’t it.
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Tories+Reform is less than 50% meaning they'd need a third party to prop up any viable coalition, a Tory+Reform coalition would be more moderate than a straight up Reform government and not all Tories have any sympathy towards Reform so there's no guarantee that Reform would be the second preference vote.
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(11-28-2025, 04:35 PM)Borin' Baggie Wrote: Tories+Reform is less than 50% meaning they'd need a third party to prop up any viable coalition, a Tory+Reform coalition would be more moderate than a straight up Reform government and not all Tories have any sympathy towards Reform so there's no guarantee that Reform would be the second preference vote.
You sure about that ‘more moderate’ thing mate? Some proper headbangers in the shadow cabinet.
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Come out today that the prick racially abused a 9 year old when he was 17, on top of demands for him to apologise for his antisemitism witch he's so far refused to do.
If he becomes Prime Minister then it will be a dark stain on our country
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It's always been wrong to be racist. I'm really not making excuses for anyone but you have to remember that this was in the era when the BBC were pioneers in black face characters and entertainers in their programs. How many people refuse to watch the same channel now because of it? They really were different (and wrong) days.
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(12-06-2025, 08:00 AM)Borin' Baggie Wrote: (12-05-2025, 09:40 PM)Baggiejacko Wrote: It's always been wrong to be racist. I'm really not making excuses for anyone but you have to remember that this was in the era when the BBC were pioneers in black face characters and entertainers in their programs. How many people refuse to watch the same channel now because of it? They really were different (and wrong) days.
This is a pathetically weak excuse for someone who is alleged to have bullied a 9 year old when they were 17 because the 9 year old was black and refused to apologise for it as an adult.
Careful. We need to be considerate and measured when addressing our board colleagues. We might learn something. We know BJ’s antisemitism credentials so let’s just wait before jumping to conclusions.
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