General Election Nowcast - 24/05/26:
RFM: 294 (+289), 27.8% (32 Short)
LAB: 80 (-331), 19.4%
LDM: 83 (+11), 12.3%
CON: 55 (-66), 18.1%
GRN: 48 (+44), 14.2%
SNP: 47 (+38), 2.9%
PLC: 13 (+9), 1.3%
Oth: 11 (+6), 4.0%
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@Geri With figures like that (in reality with ANY figures), any arguments in favour of FPTP are unsustainable. It really is time that this country grew up and took steps (I want them to be giant strides) towards being a proper representative democracy. A proper proportional voting system (and there are several to choose from) would be a good start. Oh yes - and abolition of the current HoL and replacement with (I believe) an elected upper house. Grim stuff about the figures for Reform though!
@tompearce49 at least they don't get a majority
@Geri @tompearce49
But reform + conservative = nightmare scenario
@MikeFromLFE
Indeed it is. I don't fully understand the shift to the right by the electorate. Some of it is plain disillusionment with the establishment parties (and who can blame them) and I think that some is down to a lack of critical thinking that means that the ridiculous claims of Reform and the far right are not critically evaluated by voters. Then there's the print media ownership and what I see as a bias in the BBC. It scares the living daylights out of me as an avowed lefties 😢
@Geri
I did an experiment
I set up an 'empty account' on Facebook of a guy called Dave.
I did nothing with this account, followed no one, and clicked on nothing
In the first week, the TL was a few Ricky Gervais jokes and similar lightweight fluff
Then it moved to 'traditional British humour: only fools and horses, porridge as well as references to when Britain used to be great
Then, it was jokes about Muslim ladies
Ultimately, after four weeks, my TL had Reform adverts every six or seven posts and racist indoctrination every 20 or so.
My point is that the battleground is on social media because you just knew Reform were actively seeding other FB streams
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