Another General Election

[fender62]

having a chat with a mate in the pub, he asked what would it take to cause another general election to get rid of the labour party, got me thinking erm mass civil unrest, a war ? not really sure actually.

[tomus42]

Keeping it vague. 😉

[Spungle]

A vote of no confidence from Labour itself would do it.  Not gonna happen.  Civil unrest, well we have that already.  War, no, we don't change governments in war time. 

[gramps85]

sandyRoe 'Wasn't Brexit achieved by the votes of about a quarter of those eligible to vote?

Labour are in office, however small their share of the vote.

That's democracy.'

I agree, but that hasn't stopped many on here trying and begging for another chance to vote because it is suggested people did'nt know what they were voting for, and they are the very people who says we should accept the democratic vote that put Labour in power.

[ToraToraTora]

spungle: "A vote of no confidence from Labour itself would do it.  Not gonna happen. " - nope that may change the Labour leader and thus the PM but we'd still have Labour pulling the chain.

[ToraToraTora]

gramps: sandyRoe: 'Wasn't Brexit achieved by the votes of about a quarter of those eligible to vote?

I answer that above it was 38% of those elligible 52% of those that voted.

It is only of statistical interest, we do not know how those that did not vote would have voted.

Same with the current government being elected with only 20% of the electorate. That does get mentioned because it is a stunning statistic considering the size of the labour majority.

[Untitled]

our electoral system is extremely flawed and unsuitable... it should not be possible  in a democratic country to form a government at all with only 20% of eligible voters. much less one with such a massive majority.. it is a good example of how broken and dysfunctional this country is.

tories however were quite happy with this system when it resulted in their "team" being in charge. as usual they are unprincipled creatures who believe in absolutely nothing. those of us with more integrity have long opposed the electoral system and argued for its replacement with a proportional one regardless of whether or not we like who is currently in government

[douglas9401]

An expert will be along shortly, untitled, to show you the error of your ways. 😏

[ToraToraTora]

we (tories that is) are still happy with it untitled it is still a lot better than the parallysis of PR. Yes it's very odd this time but it the alternative is too horrific to contemplate.

US have the same issue, the president can win with 23%.

[davebro3]

If the Tory voters who abstained in June had realised what they were letting the country in for many more would have voted. Labour may still have won but with a much smaller majority.

[ToraToraTora]

PR has arithmetical elegance but it never produces a government that lasts.

[Untitled]

"US have the same issue, the president can win with 23%."

an absolutely absurd situation. especially given that the US president is among the most powerful people in the world. the electoral college is an absolute joke and has no place in the modern world.

[THECORBYLOON]

TORATORATORA, "PR has arithmetical elegance but it never produces a government that lasts.

West Germany/Germany has had only nine Chancellors (excluding one who stood in temporarily for less than a fortnight after a resignation) in its history and it used/uses a form of PR.