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The 2016 vote has been dismissed by some as 'only advisory' - the 2019 GE result *cannot* be...

T60 yes, T50 no. :(

It'll be hell for them, and for the LD's, if they're still serious about electoral reform. :P

Really? My impression is that it's been roughly 50/50. If that's the case, then so it should - it's the PM's job to carry the can. The main difference this time is that he was still in his honeymoon period.

Nah, I'm not Michael... :heehee:

True, but I thought I should clear up any misconception.

You are all assuming I voted Tory, whereas I actually chose to spoil my ballot paper.

non sequitur. ;)

*I* don't have a passport or driving licence...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50704706 It will campaign for changes to the voting system and the abolition of the House of Lords, he told Sky News *********************** I suspect that will cause problems for many here, as they *want* voting reform (dunno about HoL abolition) but don't like the potential messenger. :unsure:

Surely it would only suppress anti-tory voting if people were illegally living here/registered? :unsure:

Did we? :unsure: :

Thank you for the clarification. :)

Something I feel I should remind people of, is that the last 9 years of small/no majorities is the exception, rather than the rule, historically. Working majorities used to be seen as a *good* thing, as you avoid the kind of stagnation we've seen for the last decade. Just saying...

Pardon me, but I have said many times that I support electoral reform, STV specifically. However, I am also a realist.

They act on the suggestions each party makes :mellow:

There's plenty of time before 2024, I suppose. How many times?! The boundary review is independent!

Somehow I don't think that turkeys will vote for Xmas, though... :(

Fair enough, but you know what Michael is like. ;)

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They wouldn't need to, when they have a perfectly legitimate way of doing so already, via Boundary Reviews. To clarify (mostly for Michael) - Boundary reviews are not *designed* to help the Tories, but to equalize electorate sizes. But due to the tendency for Tory constituencies to grow over time, and Labour ones to shrink, you get a situation where it takes fewer votes on average to elect a Labour MP than a Tory one.

What happened to the 'youthquake'? IMO, Labour lost more Leave supporters than they gained through young ones. :unsure:

Indeed - but then Michael tends to claim that any attempt to review controls by the gov't, secretly means abolish them... :teresa:

Legally he doesn't have to, but there *would* be a moral obligation to. Rather like Momentum attempts to deselect non-Corbyn-supporting Labour MP's? :mellow:

You're preaching to the converted here. :) Just realized, Boris can easily push through those boundary changes now...