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The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Also many people who are don't knows pick one of the first three names on the paper which are in alphabetical order, that will slew results as well. I'd never considered that, interesting idea. Could it be countered by printed the ballot papers in a random order do you think? If there are five candidates then there are 5! = 120 ways of arranging them, so in a constituency with 70,000 people they would need 584 of each ordering, that's got to be possible. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30981 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
It has always been done alphabetically with candidate surnames to avoid any accusation of printing the parties in order of preference or popularity. I guess random printing wouldn't guarantee that. Huh? They draw lots here for each precinct to get the order. And it is a sad commentary on the get everyone to vote crowd that the order of names on the ballot makes any difference. |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
+1... The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
You beat me to it :-) |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Watch out Britain... Graham W Phillips @GrahamWP_UK · 4 tim för 4 timmar sedan https://www.youtube.com/user/gwplondon |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Well, the good thing about that is that'll we'll know in 7 days what way the wind blows for the next 5 years... ...hopefully, it'll not be an ill wind. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
And yet we have some people urging the public not to vote. Are you meaning Russel Brand? He's weird. Saying that voting is meaningless is.... What ever means have peoples to speak out? |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
I personally believe that we will do the best that we can for our country. What else can I say? Preach it sister! @Chris, You asked what people think about the university student that posts here? I assume you are talking about Мишель? Well we think that he is a smart young man who clearly likes to think about the whys and hows of the world. I may not agree with him on everything, but I see someone who is trying to enlighten themselves and he is certainly a rational and welcome addition to these message boards. Is that what you wanted to know? Reality Internet Personality |
Hev Send message Joined: 4 Jun 05 Posts: 1118 Credit: 598,303 RAC: 0 |
I personally believe that we will do the best that we can for our country. What else can I say? I support this post. I also was about to complain about the use of the T-word used by Chris S, thank you tami for bringing this up. |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
+1... The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
@Sirius B - I will have a response for you later, Okay. Our local elections: - Bella Saltmarsh (Liberal Party) as she is constantly out & about & doing the best she can for our local community (& that is a hell of a lot more than all the others combined). General Election - I don't like wasting my vote but: - Stewart Jackson (Conservative) Enjoys his trappings & has not done anywhere near enough for his city. Chris Ash {Liberal) Has represented this Ward since 2000, yet in the 6 years I've lived in this ward, never seen him. Lisa Forbes (Labour) Until today, never heard of her, yet she's lived here for 25 years? Mary Herdman (UKIP) Until last week, never heard of her either. Lived in Thorney the past 18 years? Find that surprising as Thorney is a small but pleasant village. Have done countless deliveries there over the past 30 years, so the odds are that I should have bumped into her either on a home or retail delivery as she has her own property business. Darren Fower {Lib-Dems) Professes to know all the areas of this city & for someone wanting to become this city's MP, only canvasses his local community (which btw is a "posh" area). It's not that big a city so could easily show his face other than his own local area. So the question here for me is: - Do I vote for the person or party? If party, which one & why? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Locally the obvious choice is Bella Saltmarsh, she is also the Deputy Mayor. I had an idea that Fower would be bottom of the list, but not by that much. I like a bet now & again, but no way betting on a dead horse :-) As for local elections, I'm voting for Bella. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
I don't know if this has been posted already, but you can sign up for a vote swap to make sure the Tories don't get in again: http://voteswap.org/ Reality Internet Personality |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
What guarantee has anyone got that their verbal or written pledge will actually be carried out in real life in the ballot cubical. Nothing whatsoever. This site is an irrelevance. It has no relation at all with MP's doing Pairing in the House of Commons. I think it is an example of grass roots action and people not wanting to make the mistake they did last time when they tactically voted libdem to keep the tories out and were betrayed. I sincerely hope the libdems are consigned to the dustbin of history for what they did. Reality Internet Personality |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
As far as I'm concerned & I've stated this often on this board, the Lib-Dems have some good policies but I do not like or trust their leader & until he's gone, I'll not vote for them. How many more in the country feel the same way, that is the question not for the country but the Liberal Democrat Party to resolve. I voted for Maggie twice because being a public sector worker at the time, wanted Labour out as they destroyed the country. The current Tories are only out for themselves so they won't be getting my vote either... ...the remaining choices are, excluding Labour... |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Which party will win the most seats in the General election 2015? http://www.nicerodds.co.uk/most-seats You wanna bet? Since most voters are voting according to their size of the wallet... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
In 2010 the country needed a workable government, the numbers didn't stack up with Labour, the only answer was a coalition. Nobody "leapt" into bed with anybody. What was found upon taking office was earth shattering, nobody could believe how Labour had brought the country to its knees and had lied through their teeth about it. Nobody could believe it? So you're saying that ALL politicians then were no older than 30 years old? You don't recall the mess that Labour left Maggie to clean up? |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
An interesting afterthought from Callagham when he looked back and reflected upon his term as Chancellor then Prime Minister. He stated that his biggest error was in trying to spend the UK out of the recession back then. Shoot forwards to today with Nicola Sturgeon spouting how, if in coalition with the Labour party, she will bring austerity to an end, just shows how politicians never learn from the past. History tends to repeat itself, and why, 'cos it's different this time around and what did not work then will work this time......will it????? You tell me what's the difference between one recession and another?...Nothing, there all caused by the same thing, contraction in demand, contraction in money supply. Governments making up the contraction in money supply with QE is actually the wrong source of supply of money. It immediately creates an imbalance within the economy, the correct source of money supply is that which comes from the public's pocket when they spend....at the moment the latter just ain't 'appening!!...that's why after all this QE we are still in a world-wide recession. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
In the general election of 1979 The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 44 seats. her became the United Kingdom's and Europe's first female head of government. You're doing it again. When asked for your own views on an issue, you refer to "educate" us with quotes from elsewhere. For once, how about providing your own personal views. What your quote does not show is what Labour & their union minnows did to the pubic sector. You however, if what you have posted to date is correct, were lucky enough to join a now privatised public utility, so your bed was made & stuff the rest of the country? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
and have not made the best they could have of being in a coalition government. Leaving aside the press for a moment, the question is, why didn't they make the best of it? It's not as if they were new to the "political game". |
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