How Has Your Local Political Geography Changed?

[Deleted member 18243]

Not faith, it's desperation...

As it was last time around, and the times before...

And so it will be for time immemorial unless an archaic election system is chucked away into the dustbin of history!

All our political parties are ideologically the same (hence the name "Uniparty") so how would altering the election system make a difference?

 

[Andydevon]

Do you think Starmer is actually taking a page out of Blair's election play book rather than standing up to the socialist ideals of Michael Foot? I respected Michael Foot as a genuine socialist after then they have been less than that apart from Frank Fields of course.

 

[motorbiking]

How did that compare with fuel used by flying to Torremolinos for your holiday?

I don’t think I’ve ever been there. I’m Also not standing as a Green Party council candidate.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

I don’t think I’ve ever been there. I’m Also not standing as a Green Party council candidate.

That is a valid point John.
It's a bit like them knee bending footballers

 

[JohnD]

AFAIK people with motor caravans don't usually do many miles in a year.

Air travel is a much worse polluter per person.

 

[motorbiking]

It works out about 450 litres equiv for the plane and about 360 litres for the Moho assuming a family of 4.

Except the moho can’t fly in a straight line, so it’s more like 540 litres. The plane wins.

Did about 5-7k a year in mine. Drove all over Europe - loved it. But it’s not by any means an environmentally friendly way to travel.

I could probably sail it in a couple of weeks and doubt I’d use more that 150 litres in fuel assuming port hopping.

 

[JohnD]

It works out about 450 litres equiv for the plane and about 360 litres for the Moho assuming a family of 4.

People don't drive to Torremolinos

They drive to Whitley Bay, or Morecambe, or Keswick.

 

[motorbiking]

Still more environmentally friendly to take a family car and book a hotel. Towing your house with you is never going to be the Green option.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

People don't drive to Torremolinos

They drive to Whitley Bay, or Morecambe, or Keswick.

Well my brother has driven to South Coast Spain then onto Gibraltar and is now in Portugal with his ten tone camper van.

 

[Brigadier]

Well my brother has driven to South Coast Spain then onto Gibraltar and is now in Portugal with his ten tone camper van.

Multi-coloured.

 

[noseall]

(hence the name "Uniparty")

Only ever heard you use it, lol.

 

[motorbiking]

The obvious point that is being ignored, is that a Green Party candidate better be ready to show their PV install powering their EV etc walking the walk rather than talking the talk.

Better still jumping on their push bike to go to work.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Multi-coloured.

He has aquired a tan.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

To be a green Councillor or an MP you really have to be whiter than green.

 

[Brigadier]

All our political parties are ideologically the same (hence the name "Uniparty") so how would altering the election system make a difference?

If you altered the scoring system in boxing, making knockouts null and void, Deontay Wilder would have to alter his approach.

The current electoral system is knockout, where the haymaker from the cretin trumps the pure boxing artistry of the maestro.