A long time ago, but we did actually have a referendum on this 13 years ago

Of course the Tories campaigned and voted against changing it. Do you remember how you voted?

Posted By: Bertie Russell on July 5th 2024 at 11:04:18

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A staggering stat re vote percentages (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jul 5, 09:29:41
- Oh no! LDs got 12% of the vote and 11% of the seats. The horror! (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 5, 11:36:09
  - Ed Davey is King Of Wessex (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jul 5, 13:31:57
  - TBF the skew is historical and noteworthy... (General Chat) - usacanary, Jul 5, 13:11:37
- Lib Dems played a blinder - tactical master class (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 5, 10:15:22
  - Yep, without tactical voting Labour probably gets 38-40% (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 5, 10:25:08
    - Good to see people voting smarter (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 5, 10:37:56
- This is a very valid point re vote shares (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 5, 10:04:01
  - I like Dan Hodges (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jul 5, 10:34:38
- Lib Dems 13% Reform 15% according to BBC (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 5, 10:03:05
  - ... (General Chat) - paulg, Jul 5, 10:56:24
    - This really is what you lot are going to go on about from now on, isn't it? (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jul 5, 10:57:52
      - no, it's not (General Chat) - paulg, Jul 5, 10:59:46
        
        good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jul 5, 11:01:50
  - details details. Joey gets his facts from GBNews, where facts are different (n/m) (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jul 5, 10:28:11
    - Never watched GB News in my life old son (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jul 5, 10:35:34
      - Out of interest, where did you get your made up vote share numbers from then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jul 5, 10:52:23
- Not really that staggering, and doesn't establish a precedent. (General Chat) - phelans tash, Jul 5, 09:49:24
- ............... (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jul 5, 09:44:22
  - it's a crappy system that sadly neither of the two major parties will change (General Chat) - phrankin, Jul 5, 10:10:32
    - A long time ago, but we did actually have a referendum on this 13 years ago (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jul 5, 11:04:18
      - That was for another crap system Alternative Vote (General Chat) - phrankin, Jul 5, 19:41:11
    - Im relieved this wasn't a hung Parliament. Paying terrorists to stay in power (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 5, 10:12:45

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