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[Kirkles]

We need proportional representation , the system is a joke.

 

[dholliday]

Just trying to make the point that places like Wrexham which has been a Labour stronghold for donkeys years suddenly votes Conservative when leaving Europe is on the agenda, and is probably the same reason why all those constituencies further North did the same.
Leaving Europe meant more to them than party loyalty.

But your argument isn't related to your point. Non-European migrants/immigrants/refugees are a non-EU decision (UK was not included in quotas from the recent crisis, due to not being on the european mainland).

 

[Kirkles]

 

[Connor]

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That's from the last election if I remember rightly.

 

[dholliday]

what's that saying about the older you get...

 

[Agent Blue]

right But your argument isn't related to your point. Non-European migrants/immigrants/refugees are a non-EU decision (UK was not included in quotas from the recent crisis, due to not being on the european mainland).

Ok, I think that a lot of people felt like that "bigoted" lady who tackled Gordon Brown a few years back.
I went to Uni as a (very) mature student in Wrexham 5 years ago and met and watched footy with quite a few local people, and was really disappointed/ angry by the number of truly far right views I heard expressed, not necessarily from people I was with, but people around them. So I'm not entirely surprised by some of the results of the GE.
I would just like to add that this is purely an observation and not an indication of my political bias. I am firmly on the Left and voted accordingly.

 

[Toast]

This have I got news for you, filmed earlier is very good and on the money.

 

[peteblue]

Do you ever look at that and think 'this feels like the union is becoming less united'

Not really. I am a believer in the Union, however if Scotland or NI really wish to be independent then they should be allowed to become so, no arguments from me.....

 

[Armaghtoffee]

and another one

Why do you think the DUP advocated Brexit?

And why do you think they had their holes handed to them at the ballot box?

 

[peteblue]

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excellent post, it just shows how we change as we grow up and become more informed......

 

[peteblue]

what's that saying about the older you get...

we really shouldn’t let kids under 30 have a vote ?.....

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

what's that saying about the older you get...

The more money you have so F everybody else as long as I vote Tory and look after mine.

 

[dholliday]

we really shouldn’t let kids under 30 have a vote ?.....

This is the highest-rated reader comment on the Guardian editorial today:

My suspicion is that there is a healthy percentage of the hard left, especially with the young, that don't really want to win. Their favoured aesthetic is revolution. It helps keep their moral position simple and pure.

Governing is about compromise. And, well, being a grown up.

 

[peteblue]

We need proportional representation , the system is a joke.

only when you lose....

 

[Armaghtoffee]

only when you lose....

Given the societal mess that’s been self inflicted on GB I would argue that a better consensus vote is at least a starting point.

It’s all hands on deck from here on in.