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That thread from 10 years ago that Cougar linked is interesting reading. All the things that have happened that we didn’t have a clue about, finishing with some Brexit prescience. And the original TJ.
I found it more hilarious that Junkyard wanted someone to give a straight answer to a question.
But it's funny, in between the usual predictable slaps and hair pulling it's the same arguments. Aside from a few details you could change the names and nobody would be able to tell if it was 10 years or 10 days ago.
It's not just voters who have a marginal grasp of evidence, the same applies to this lot. Yep, it's all been a disorganised disaster which was exploited to help their chums but many will actually believe that this was a prime opportunity to prove that the markets and private firms can show themselves to be better than the NHS and civil service. So much for a degree in PPE. Andrew Mills will be nicely placed to buy up a tranche of all those foreclosed properties like his landlord role model Tony.
I hate the Tories
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The really sad bit about the Tories is that Labour was unable to beat this shower in the last election. So while millions may dislike/date the Tories and everything they stand for - we trust the other lot less. The people have chosen.
The majority rules the minority
Tories got less than 50% of the vote,but with an 80 seat majority of can do wtf they like
There's been a good series about American politics on R4, where the last 2 Republican presidents have lost the public vote by millions
And gerrymandering is so rampant that republicans can neuter Dem governors of many states
UK seems to be 5-10 years behind USA, different systems but trends there wind up here in a few years
Cummings has read Bannons playbook
Well worth a listen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l8dv
Ben Wright examines how American electoral democracy has become increasingly partisan, and how the fight for voting rights will affect the 2020 election. From issues about access to the ballot and the shape of the political map to fundamental questions dating back to the founding of the Republic, America's electoral democracy is under greater strain than at any point since the Civil Rights movement.
In this new series Ben will examine these questions, and ask what they mean for American democracy. In this first programme he'll look at how access to the ballot has become a political fight, with Democrats demanding that voting be made easier while Republicans insist it must be made more secure. He'll ask whether a constitutional amendment passed in Florida in 2018 could determine the result of the presidential election. And he'll hear how each party is gearing up for a legal battle in November, with loudly-voiced concerns from the White House about voter fraud balanced by equally loudly-voiced concerns on the other side about 'voter suppression'.
Producer: Giles Edwards