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PR would take decades to work effectively by replacing our current set up, decades quite frankly we have not got to spare.Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:36 pm100% agreement; though I'm unsure as to why you've never been warm to PR previously.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:55 pm
I've never been warm on PR but I am now. For the reason we can see now. It protects our democracy from Trump/Boris situations and the alarming drift to extremes either way has shown that we cannot maintain FPTP seriously as an electoral system purely because it hands large majorities on less than 50% of the vote to parties who are not fit to have that power.
The problem is as mentioned earlier, minority extreme parties getting their way or constant elections/change of leaders.
You only need to look at the current parliamentary set up with the inclusion of the ghastly SNP to see what road you might be heading down, just be careful what you wish for.
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What an absolute farce, that Grand Prix was...Masi had a mare....
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Yep ridiculous. Not the job of a "referee" of any kind to manufacture some sort of drama. They've been bobbins all year taking far too long to clamp down on Verstappen being overly aggressive though this one wasn't his fault.
I enjoy F1, but it's always the sign of a sport unsure of itself when they have to try to manufacture excitement. Goes all the way back to DRS for me, but there we go.
And now it's going to go on for days. They won't change the result, but the failure to do their jobs through the season, capped by that farce, has put themselves in this position .
I enjoy F1, but it's always the sign of a sport unsure of itself when they have to try to manufacture excitement. Goes all the way back to DRS for me, but there we go.
And now it's going to go on for days. They won't change the result, but the failure to do their jobs through the season, capped by that farce, has put themselves in this position .
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You sure they won't change the result? Apparently Horner's just come out of the Stewards room looking mighty unhappy....Prufrock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 4:54 pmYep ridiculous. Not the job of a "referee" of any kind to manufacture some sort of drama. They've been bobbins all year taking far too long to clamp down on Verstappen being overly aggressive though this one wasn't his fault.
I enjoy F1, but it's always the sign of a sport unsure of itself when they have to try to manufacture excitement. Goes all the way back to DRS for me, but there we go.
And now it's going to go on for days. They won't change the result, but the failure to do their jobs through the season, capped by that farce, has put themselves in this position .
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Hmmm adjourned....Mercedes just happened to have their barrister with them....
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Ha, nothing would surprise me. My reckon is the FIA will uphold it in some "race director's decision is final" type grounds (overturning it would be even more of a farce) and then we might end up at CAS.Worthy4England wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 5:24 pmYou sure they won't change the result? Apparently Horner's just come out of the Stewards room looking mighty unhappy....Prufrock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 4:54 pmYep ridiculous. Not the job of a "referee" of any kind to manufacture some sort of drama. They've been bobbins all year taking far too long to clamp down on Verstappen being overly aggressive though this one wasn't his fault.
I enjoy F1, but it's always the sign of a sport unsure of itself when they have to try to manufacture excitement. Goes all the way back to DRS for me, but there we go.
And now it's going to go on for days. They won't change the result, but the failure to do their jobs through the season, capped by that farce, has put themselves in this position .
Either way they've fecked it all season by making things up on the cuff to attempt to create drama.
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Agree. They could also try to wheedle out by getting one of the participants on a "technical" offence which either maintains or changes the result, so that the "stupid fuking decision" is rendered "not important"
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No, they've opted to ratify their stupidity...think you nay be right and this goes to CAS...
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Funny they skip Hamilton's short cut to the front.
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They didn't (skip it). They assessed it, came to the conclusion that Verstappen had forced the position meaning Hamilton had the choice of crash or move off the track. I wouldn't expect you to be supporting a Brit, given your strong European credentials...
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Perhaps just not convinced it was needed or that crucial. Naive of me. I never expected it to be this bad. I guess watching Trump from afar was the warning and you know....but yeah I think it was my own naivety and stupidity.Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:36 pm100% agreement; though I'm unsure as to why you've never been warm to PR previously.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:55 pm
I've never been warm on PR but I am now. For the reason we can see now. It protects our democracy from Trump/Boris situations and the alarming drift to extremes either way has shown that we cannot maintain FPTP seriously as an electoral system purely because it hands large majorities on less than 50% of the vote to parties who are not fit to have that power.
Not saying I was ever opposed, it just wasn't something I bothered about much.
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The 'ghastly SNP' would be worse as a minority voice than a unassailable majority for corruption, lies, deceit and authoritarianism we have now how exactly?Hoboh wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:30 pmPR would take decades to work effectively by replacing our current set up, decades quite frankly we have not got to spare.Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:36 pm100% agreement; though I'm unsure as to why you've never been warm to PR previously.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:55 pm
I've never been warm on PR but I am now. For the reason we can see now. It protects our democracy from Trump/Boris situations and the alarming drift to extremes either way has shown that we cannot maintain FPTP seriously as an electoral system purely because it hands large majorities on less than 50% of the vote to parties who are not fit to have that power.
The problem is as mentioned earlier, minority extreme parties getting their way or constant elections/change of leaders.
You only need to look at the current parliamentary set up with the inclusion of the ghastly SNP to see what road you might be heading down, just be careful what you wish for.
Beyond the petty nationalism on both sides I don't see how that would be even remotely close to as bad. Not even a hundredth as bad.
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Cleary you have no idea of their politics then nor the bag of wind who is their Westminster leader.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 3:23 pmThe 'ghastly SNP' would be worse as a minority voice than a unassailable majority for corruption, lies, deceit and authoritarianism we have now how exactly?Hoboh wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:30 pmPR would take decades to work effectively by replacing our current set up, decades quite frankly we have not got to spare.Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:36 pm100% agreement; though I'm unsure as to why you've never been warm to PR previously.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:55 pm
I've never been warm on PR but I am now. For the reason we can see now. It protects our democracy from Trump/Boris situations and the alarming drift to extremes either way has shown that we cannot maintain FPTP seriously as an electoral system purely because it hands large majorities on less than 50% of the vote to parties who are not fit to have that power.
The problem is as mentioned earlier, minority extreme parties getting their way or constant elections/change of leaders.
You only need to look at the current parliamentary set up with the inclusion of the ghastly SNP to see what road you might be heading down, just be careful what you wish for.
Beyond the petty nationalism on both sides I don't see how that would be even remotely close to as bad. Not even a hundredth as bad.
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What policies should I be outraged about? In comparison again to what we have now. And Blackford might be an irritant but he’s speaking the truth most of the time. I’d be shouting at the government if I was in there.Hoboh wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 4:50 pmCleary you have no idea of their politics then nor the bag of wind who is their Westminster leader.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 3:23 pmThe 'ghastly SNP' would be worse as a minority voice than a unassailable majority for corruption, lies, deceit and authoritarianism we have now how exactly?Hoboh wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:30 pmPR would take decades to work effectively by replacing our current set up, decades quite frankly we have not got to spare.Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:36 pm100% agreement; though I'm unsure as to why you've never been warm to PR previously.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:55 pm
I've never been warm on PR but I am now. For the reason we can see now. It protects our democracy from Trump/Boris situations and the alarming drift to extremes either way has shown that we cannot maintain FPTP seriously as an electoral system purely because it hands large majorities on less than 50% of the vote to parties who are not fit to have that power.
The problem is as mentioned earlier, minority extreme parties getting their way or constant elections/change of leaders.
You only need to look at the current parliamentary set up with the inclusion of the ghastly SNP to see what road you might be heading down, just be careful what you wish for.
Beyond the petty nationalism on both sides I don't see how that would be even remotely close to as bad. Not even a hundredth as bad.
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Blackford is my MP. He's not popular round these parts, but there isn't anyone else to vote for!
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I think the constituency link is a really important plus under our current system. I do think there are a lot of very good constituency MPs out there and in our centralised system there is no real local equivalent with proper power.
I also think the decisiveness of FPTP is good too. It's clearly less "fair" but we don't have the farce of eg Belgium having no government for 2 years, or small parties with the whip hand in coalition negotiations.
I still prefer PR or some sort of AV because I think it's even worse than the vast majority of people's votes don't count, but I don't think it's clear cut, or would fix many of the big problems.
I also think the decisiveness of FPTP is good too. It's clearly less "fair" but we don't have the farce of eg Belgium having no government for 2 years, or small parties with the whip hand in coalition negotiations.
I still prefer PR or some sort of AV because I think it's even worse than the vast majority of people's votes don't count, but I don't think it's clear cut, or would fix many of the big problems.
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Here's Penny Mordaunt (of who I'm a particular fan) handing the 'humble crofter' his arse back.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:31 pmBlackford is my MP. He's not popular round these parts, but there isn't anyone else to vote for!
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I got as far as ‘we did not ignore firms who offered PPE….’ then stopped. Since when has lying through your teeth been handing someone’s arse back?Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:30 pmHere's Penny Mordaunt (of who I'm a particular fan) handing the 'humble crofter' his arse back.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:31 pmBlackford is my MP. He's not popular round these parts, but there isn't anyone else to vote for!
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You can still have local representation just organised differently and with devolution via mayors etc it seems less relevant to me. Good MPs can still be that under PR. There are ways to organise that.Prufrock wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:32 pmI think the constituency link is a really important plus under our current system. I do think there are a lot of very good constituency MPs out there and in our centralised system there is no real local equivalent with proper power.
I also think the decisiveness of FPTP is good too. It's clearly less "fair" but we don't have the farce of eg Belgium having no government for 2 years, or small parties with the whip hand in coalition negotiations.
I still prefer PR or some sort of AV because I think it's even worse than the vast majority of people's votes don't count, but I don't think it's clear cut, or would fix many of the big problems.
The decisiveness of FPTP is why we are in this mess. ‘Chaos with Ed or stability with me’ yeah….
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Watch it properly and find out.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:51 pmI got as far as ‘we did not ignore firms who offered PPE….’ then stopped. Since when has lying through your teeth been handing someone’s arse back?Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:30 pmHere's Penny Mordaunt (of who I'm a particular fan) handing the 'humble crofter' his arse back.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:31 pmBlackford is my MP. He's not popular round these parts, but there isn't anyone else to vote for!
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