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To me, this is just shuffling the pack whilst the game remains unchanged. There won't be any significant change whilst the electoral system and the role of the civil service remain as they are.

What a great name for a new thread

Get rid of whips, party leaders .... have representatives elected from and established in your area (not just assigned from outside). They show their qualifications and, effectively are interviewed by the electorate before voting. Then the...

That they will be given completely disproportionate and majority negative coverage by the media, I completely agree. If they move ahead with a new party that is. Also that it may help Reform to get in. But is the plan accept what Labour is now...

I've lived through a lot of crap dumped on the common man from multiple tory governments. Labour is a long way from perfect, but its the best on offer from the current den of incompetents, thieves, liars and racists from which we're allowed to...

I only finished this on audiobook a little while ago and was thinking it's not something they make a movie of like the Martian, but I'll probably check it out even if it looks crap

The book is fantastic, but part of the appeal is the gradual reveals that happen throughout. They look to have spoiled nearly every twist and plot point in this trailer. :dodgy:

As said in another thread, where you didn't reply, you are part of the problem. A generally normal decent citizen who is gobbling up all the rhetoric around immigration that pushes it up to the top of the list of the countries problems when it is...

You could posit an opinion instead of whatever this reply is

It’s a shame that people supposedly on the left will attack this as much as the right.

Labour is lost to me, I don't think I could ever vote for them again. I'd like to see a party that makes strong convincing arguments for the distribution of wealth. Westminster does not allow much for minor parties, but a high profile...

To me, Corbyn isn't extreme left at all - he's just left in a society that has drifted very lright, if you know what I mean. I was using extreme in the context of what is currently "accepted" as left by the media. And there lies the problem -...

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While I get the thinking behind your comment (though think the hyperbolic "extremist" part is silly and unhelpful), wasn't that the line before the election to ensure the least bad option got in over the historically bad option. Don't fight...

best of luck to them. I've love to think there's a world around the corner where the tide turns and people start to do the right thing. I just fear it's just going to continue downhill