• mecfs@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Reform 4th biggest party surpassing the SNP. Terrible news for the long term prospects of the country.

    Although in the medium term, this labour majority will be a breath of fresh air.

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      3 months ago

      A party that wants to leave the UK losing seats is bad for the long-term prospects of the country? 🤔

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          3 months ago

          Well obviously Lemmy would say this, but a single seat is meaningless. Even 13 (if true) means they don’t exactly have a huge amount of power.

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            3 months ago

            its not about 13 seats. They got more than half the vote share the conservatives had. If the conservatives wanna win that voteshare back, they are gonna need to move even further right, which is worrying.

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    3 months ago

    Holy FPTP, that represenation is fucked. How hoes 33% of the popular vote translate to 60% of parliamentary seats?

    Y’all need electoral reform.

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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    3 months ago

    I"m sure the irony is intend on an election on the same day as the US celebration of Independence. =) I watched the John Oliver episode about this election though, and congrats on what looks like Labor being the big winner over the Conservative party.