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Thread: UK General Election 2015

  1. #211
    As a reference point of both how far the Lib Dems have fallen - and how completely messed up the BBC can be at times - it has come out that the BBC has registered 200 journalists to attend this years Lib Dem party conference, which translates into 25 BBC journalists per MP. In comparison ITV have registered the names of five journalists.

    One interesting side-effect of the strange death of the Lib Dems is that we seem to be officially a two party country again. On BBC's Question Time program (not to be confused with Prime Ministers Questions) the panel was always made up with one representative of the three main parties (Tory, Labour, Lib Dem) and two others (either journalists, activists or minor parties). It took a couple of weeks for reality to sink in but the Lib Dems have lost their permanent seat at the top table and been relegated to the others now. Last night's show had a Tory and Labour MP and three journalists. What's interesting, is that despite a direct reversal in number of MPs the SNP have not gained the Lib Dems lost permanent seat on panels.
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  2. #212
    We're only a two party country through the distorting effect of FPTP, rather than previously because they were literally only two parties people wanted to vote for. It will be interesting to see whether people continue to vote for third parties at the next election, or give up having realized that it is futile under FPTP.
    When the sky above us fell
    We descended into hell
    Into kingdom come

  3. #213
    No we are a two party system as in 98.5% of seats the most popular party was one of the two main parties. That other parties scraped some votes but not the most doesn't make our voting system flawed.

    Incidentally our voting system is I believe the one used by more people than any other. Electing the most popular local representative is normal democracy foe billions worldwide.
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  4. #214
    Did you miss the part where the Tories and Labour got virtually nothing in N. Ireland and Scotland?
    Hope is the denial of reality

  5. #215
    No I missed the part of why I should care

    And Tory allies won some in NI.
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  6. #216
    So it's a 2-party system in England. I suppose it's a 2-party system in Scotland, too, but not the same two parties.
    Hope is the denial of reality

  7. #217
    Could have been. Scotland has become a one party system currently though. Although due to the distorting effect of the voting system in Holyrood they have a four party system there. Whether the Lib Dems manage to survive next year is questionable though.
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