Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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In or out keith ??
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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keith s
So you think we have a democratic voting system
Thatcher never got over 33% of the vote, but still come to power .is that democratic?
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Correction KeithB
In 1979 she had 43.9%
In 1983 it was 42.4%
In 1987 it was 42.2%
Even John Major managed 41.9%
Blair managed 43.2% in his 1997 landslide
That dropped to 40.7% in 2001, then to 35.4% in 2005 - yet still managed 65 seat overall majority.... such is the current imbalance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_elections_overviewGuest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Sorry Barry ,not very often I am wrong
BUT 100 % - 44% =56% never voted for Thatcher
is this a democratic voting system
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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ahhh but Keith, the next largest party got only 35%, with 65% voting against them and the other were substantially worse.
Incidentally - knock out the minor parties and individuals who were not competing to form a UK government by standing all over the country then you will have a totally different picture. Bear in mind as well, a lot of the people who vote for these minor parties do not expect to be voting for a 'winner' or to elect the government but do so as a protest or just to abvoid making a serious decision - the LibDems used to get a lot of those.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i think keith's figures refer to the electorate, in other words people who could have voted.
barry
the yellows get m.p's in a lot of out of the way places because the people feel that parliament has no interest in them so they look for a candidate that will look after their interests.
Keith Sansum1
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howard
with the sell out by the lib dems and UKIP people will view them very differently come 2015
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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howard mcsweeney1 wrote:i think keith's figures refer to the electorate, in other words people who could have voted.
barry
the yellows get m.p's in a lot of out of the way places because the people feel that parliament has no interest in them so they look for a candidate that will look after their interests.
No Howard, he specifically said of those voted and accepted he was wrong.
Disagree about LimpDems - in the past they got a protest vote and votes from those people who were avoiding making a serious choice. They will lose those next time, UKIP and other minorities will benefit from those.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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on the last post we agree barryw
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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So in or out keith ,
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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could you be a sport and add a maybe/possibly to that keith?
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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He's at A&E having splinters pulled out of his arse
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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post 40 answers it but im not getting into the usual personal stuff with David
I prefer to encourage people to post.
Whilst on the subject of unions
announced today NUT and Heads union both taking industrial action in Dec
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Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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So Keith, in or out?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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answered in post 40
not going round in circles
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Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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#40 goes round in circles.
What could be more straightforward: in or out?
Would you like to ask the audience?
Brian Dixon
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if its the eu its an in,for the rest I don't give a monkeys.
and david that's all you are getting.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i can't make up my myself so i will call a friend to advise me, does anyone have keith's number?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Rather sad ridicule
which will not encourage people to post,
never mind
getting like the other 2 forums sadly
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Jan Higgins
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For those like myself who have no idea what the last few posts have been about because it is on the previous page here is a copy of #40.........
"My own view is that the questions of the pro's and cons of pulling out of the EU remain unanswred its also appears that the RMT has returned to the fold of the TUC something that the RMT distanced itself from Bob has given a view, but has a far wider agenda that just pulling out of the E.U."
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