Topic: 2017 Election

[Yokto]

FPTP would be a good system if we got rid of political parties.
Political parties would be a good idea under a more proportional voting system.

Only in the sense that it naturally tends towards 2 parties. It does not fully get rid of them.

[Oviraptor]

I'm excited for the 2018 elections in Maine because that's when our ranked-choice voting is supposed to begin.

[Yokto]

Ooo... that do sound interesting!

[eropS]

So is this shaping up to be the labour shellacking feared?

[Yokto]

Yay! Rohani won!

[Inkling]

Three cheers for the less worse Supreme Leader sanctioned choice, I guess?

[Yokto]

Well is the lesser of two evils at least. And you should be happy about that.

let not make perfect the enemy of good.

[Krakow Sam]

https://soundcloud.com/user-803109190/corbyn-riddim-prod-da

[Krakow Sam]

It's Happening

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/31/general-election-2017-shock-poll-suggests-hung-parliament-theresa/

[/lurk]

>Telegraph premium article.

Something you're not telling us, Comrade?

[Krakow Sam]

I just figured it would have more impact coming from an unashamedly right-wing plutocratic broadsheet. There are other articles that you can read for free explaining the other details

[Plank of Wood]

Not surprising, seeing as (at least going by their strategy) the Tories have called this election pretty much just so they can lose it.

[Krakow Sam]

Ah the old "Make labour look bad when brexit is inevitably a disaster" plan. Not sure I buy it personally.

[Plank of Wood]

Yeah, I'm also making the big assumption that the Tories have a long term plan beyond "be in power forever because we're the Conservatives".

[Krakow Sam]

Which is a terrible plan because historically speaking stuff changes, therefore the anti-change conservative political factions always lose in the long term.