Posts by recordari
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And I've used up my Alien Sex Fiend post already. Dang it!
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That's a pretty sorry tale, IMHO, but I do wonder how much of that is because of what Australians are like rather than because of what their parliamentary system is like.
Indeed. Surely we would be better at it?
Can PA give us special Craig tags?
The mind booggles.
Ladies and gentlemen, is it wrong when Thom Yorke gives you a woody?
Well, mine was more metaphorical than yours I'm guessing, but god that was beautiful.
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Thanks George.
This details the Australian system and it's spreading appeal in more detail.
The Global Spread of Preferential Voting: Australian Institutional Imperialism?.
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Since we are touching on Electoral Reform, can the Mansplainers in the house explain again why MMP is better than the Australian system? i.e. Preferential Voting.
I understand it doesn't represent minority interests in the way MMP does, but it has other appeals. For instance it would seem less likely to get the Winston Peters and Rodney Hides of this world, or in the UK the BNP nutters.
Of course we have to get past the vision of PV that it is a bit like 'pin the tail on the donkey'.
Did I just answer my own question? Always liked that game...
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I found this rather funny. On the BBC main website, the only mention of the election seems to be in the right hand column where it says;
Video: Election night highs and lows
Move along please, nothing to see here...
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The Uk's politicians make Bill English look charismatic...
No. And again I say, no. Only Phil Goff makes Bill English look charismatic.
[Coat. Gone.]
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putative Prime Minister.
This lead me here; Anyone but Cameron.
"But there's nothing 'new' about breaking your promises to the British public. It's classic Labour." Thus declared our putative prime minister: "And it is the cancer that is eating away at trust in politics. Small wonder that so many people don't believe a word politicians ever say if they break their promises so casually."
This was pre election, and goes on to slam Cameron for back peddling on a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Anyway, as one who probably lacks the grasp Gio is referring to, this thread has taught me stuff about the Westminster Electoral system that I don't recall learning in my whole Pol Sci Degree.
Basically, it seems to pretty much suck. Quote unquote.
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And am I the only person who would like The Herald to stop running op-eds lifted off the wires as news?
I'd call it lazy journalism, but that would be overstating it. The journalism bit, I mean.
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Really, it was impossible to pull some substantive reportage and analysis off the wires?
It's the weekend, and we won the cricket by one run. Have you no sense of perspective? <sarc>
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Hold the phone, BBC says Brown not necessarily down, even with Balls up. (sorry)
But seriously, apparently he could coalesce with Clegg and form a minority Government, as happened in 1974. Seems unlikely, but the Beeb is hypothesizing. Interesting.
Harold bloody Wilson aye.
@Keir Snap.
Oh, and RB, sorry for my backhander on quoting Twitter. The Beeb is doing it, so it is now officially journalism. Carry on.