[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Why do the third of voters who haven't voted in elections since 1997 don't believe that then?

Because they don't understand how the system works, and probably think we're directly electing the Prime Minister.

[The Slim Reaper]

Feeling slightly more optimistic about this gov than I was 2 days ago.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Feeling slightly more optimistic about this gov than I was 2 days ago.

An inspired appointment

[Zizu]

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[The Slim Reaper]

https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/sham...again-geludcyo

Shame on Islington North for falling for magic grandpa again

So, the good people of Islington North have spoken. Just as Britain abandons Project Corbyn, the intelligentsia of Highbury Fields holds on – as Roger Waters once sang – to the dream.

I have a confession. I was born in Islington and lived there for many years. And yes, I do feel more than a trickle of shame.

I’ve spent plenty of time sitting in the well-appointed extensions of middle-class socialists trying to explain why magic grandpa is not the Messiah but just a bigoted populist, a mirror image of those on the far right that your standard Islingtonian loves to hate.

Clearly, my campaigning was to no avail. Jeremy wants peace and justice and hates genocide, and that’s enough for the true believers.

Of course, it would be disingenuous to suggest that Corbyn is selling a niche product. Candidates up and down the country won by tapping heavily into the Gaza vote.

But he is the full package for the quinoa class, the premium version of the organic vegetable basket – every hard-left belief packed into one box – and he knows it.

At a campaign rally at a community centre in the borough, amid an interminable ramble about war and peace, Corbyn conceded: “I eat croissants. And if you want to, then it is fine by me.”

He may have mis-read the country in repeated general elections, but no one can accuse him of getting Islington wrong. And by doing that, he has shown that his brand has life in it yet.

In a small, Islington-sized way, there lies the true challenge facing Keir Starmer: a successful government cannot merely seek to improve life for Britons – it must detoxify politics itself.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Because they don't understand how the system works, and probably think we're directly electing the Prime Minister.

Nah, maybe a fair number that could apply to but not the Millions of the third of voters who don't vote.

I don't believe all those millions are that thick, that they don't understand, going to a polling station, get a slip of paper, put a cross beside the Party you like/ want.
Then put it straight into a big black box there waiting.

I've talked to, (I've lost count of how many), who don't vote.
The vast majority don't vote because they think their votes are wasted and make no difference.

I obviously get you prefer first past the post.
However I don't, I feel sad so many people eligible to vote don't because the system has them feeling the votes are wasted so they're wasting their time doing so.