Hate to say this but that’s a class response from Tugenhadt

https://x.com/tomtugendhat/status/1809698778267451599?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

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posted 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted about an hour ago
comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 8 minutes ago
I love him so much.

https://x.com/babble____/status/1809336149833306257?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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Each to their own
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How can you not though? He’s pisssedd off all the red Tories and he facked off the likes of Mandelson and Harman. The man is true Labour.
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I think he is most likely a genuine nice guy,but imo has zero leadership skills and sadly for this crap world a bit too idealistic to survive in a position of power
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Bullsheet.

Why have I never seen this before

https://x.com/welshbollocks/status/1809519007705223534?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

The look on his face after that clip

The two last remaining migrants who are detained and waiting to be sent to Rwanda will be bailed in the coming days, the government has said.

The home secretary's spokesperson also revealed that a further 218 migrants were released on bail from detention centres by the previous government during the election campaign.

This UK election saw the second lowest turnout since 1885. Turnout across the UK as a whole was 60% - only 2001 was lower with 59%.

The lowest turnout of any constituency was 40% in Manchester Rusholme, where Afzal Khan held the seat for Labour. The bottom five for turnout also included Leeds South, Hull East, Blaenau Gwent & Rhymney and Tipton & Wednesbury.

It should be mandatory to vote like it is here. Really don’t see why in a democracy it isn’t the case everywhere. Surely everyone should want to have a say in what happens in their lives.

I don't disagree about mandatory voting but isn't it the ultimate act of democracy to choose not to vote?

comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 3 minutes ago
I don't disagree about mandatory voting but isn't it the ultimate act of democracy to choose not to vote?
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True but since I’ve been back here I’ve never seen a country so happy to vote. Every voting place has free bbqs and bouncy castles for the kids and it’s a joyous event. People actually talk about how fun voting day is at work. When I was in England I swear half the people in my office didn’t even know there was an election on 😂

Basically if people had to vote I think they’d eventually learn to want to vote

It's weird to say you enjoy voting, I kinda do.

Voting is a political act and not voting or spoiling a ballot paper is a political decision every bit as much as putting your X in a box. Sending an individual message.

What happens if you don't vote? Is there a sanction?

comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 2 minutes ago
It's weird to say you enjoy voting, I kinda do.

Voting is a political act and not voting or spoiling a ballot paper is a political decision every bit as much as putting your X in a box. Sending an individual message.

What happens if you don't vote? Is there a sanction?
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You can still spoil your ballot. You just have to turn up.

There are fines of various levels and there is a small amount of people who just take the fine but most go and vote as they just feel it’s their duty to be part of society.

In the most recent general election here in 2022 92% of eligible people voted

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posted less than a minute ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 2 minutes ago
It's weird to say you enjoy voting, I kinda do.

Voting is a political act and not voting or spoiling a ballot paper is a political decision every bit as much as putting your X in a box. Sending an individual message.

What happens if you don't vote? Is there a sanction?
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You can still spoil your ballot. You just have to turn up.
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I don't disagree, just saying low turnout is also a political message. The political parties need to sort out why there is such electorate disengagement and it's on them to excite the voters, Reform found a way to inspire those that voted for them.

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
The two last remaining migrants who are detained and waiting to be sent to Rwanda will be bailed in the coming days, the government has said.

The home secretary's spokesperson also revealed that a further 218 migrants were released on bail from detention centres by the previous government during the election campaign.
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Tories had one job and they couldn't even do it.

Compulsory voting will only taken up if we revert to proportional reprentation,no point in voting in the current system if your vote is meaningless.

No vote is truly meaningless, if you're unlucky enough to live in a one-party dominated seat and you dont want that party to represent you, your vote is your personal rejection.

what airy-fairy nonsense eh!

The LibDems (on 12%) have 18 seats where they won 50% or more of the vote.

The Conservatives (on 24%) have just 1 seat where they won 50%

Labour have 70+ such seats

This is weird

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/03/reform-uks-invisible-candidates-who-are-they-hiding/

Reform making AI candidates because they don't need to be vetted?

Imaginary candidates in seats they know they won't win.

Saves money whilst at the same time, gives an impression they really have a nationwide presence?

Surely it's some kind of fraud

comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Compulsory voting will only taken up if we revert to proportional reprentation,no point in voting in the current system if your vote is meaningless.
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Revert? The UK has never used proportional representation.

The UK’s electoral system hasn’t been substantively updated in a century and a half (barring tweaks made after WWII). It has been completely left behind in updating its democracy by almost all the rest of the developed world.

Jacqui Smith back in government, who remembers her during the Blair era lads?

https://x.com/educationgovuk/status/1809686689549336994?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

In all my years on this planet I’ve never seen so much propaganda as I saw for Reform. They had something like 3.9 billion mentions on social media over the past year. Seeing ‘vote reform’ on almost every post and no shortage of ‘people’ to defend them on practically every tweet or TikTok comment. It really was a triumph for the bot farms,

Ooooh, Labour might be in with a chance of contesting Badenoch’s seat because a lot of postal votes did not go out

https://x.com/alextomo/status/1809874129098584260?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw