the arab spring might be one of the saddest events ever
there was so much hope that the arab world could finally experience liberal democracy but in the end it lead to millions dying in civil wars and not a single lasting democracy
France: French President Emmanuel Macron (RE-RE) states that he will dissolve the national parliament for snap elections. This decision follows the poor result from the Bd'E list his party was leading in the European Parliament election, which only received 15.2% of the votes per
It's 4th July, you're watching the BBC election coverage and Big Ben strikes 10pm. Suddenly this exit poll flashes up on your TV.
How are you reacting?
The Mayor of London is a Muslim.
The mayor of Birmingham is a Muslim.
The Mayor of Leeds is Muslim.
Mayor of Blackburn - Muslim.
The mayor of Sheffield is a Muslim.
The mayor of Oxford is a Muslim.
The mayor of Luton is a Muslim.
The mayor of Oldham is Muslim.
The mayor
๐จ NEW: CCHQ now believes they could win less than 100 seats and that Reform could cross them in the polls in the next two days in a Canada โ93 style wipeout
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Lots and lots of different people
NATO is partly to blame for the chaos in Libya
Assad and Russia are mainly at fault for the war in Syria
Pretty sure Iran had a big role in causing the Houthi uprising but idk enough about it
@harvey_19_
yeah that makes sense
just interesting that Churchill lost on domestic issues after winning a major war while the Falklands War allowed Thatcher to win despite being unpopular on her domestic policies
Which message will resonate best with pensioners?
Rishi Sunak: Labour want to tax your state pension
Keir Starmer: We will bring down NHS waiting lists
Ed Davey:
What if the UK had county level proportional representation
๐น Labour - 259 seats (-153)
๐ณ Conservative - 158 seats (+37)
โก Reform - 89 seats (+84)
๐ถ Lib Dem - 69 seats (-3)
๐ Green - 27 seats (+23)
๐ SNP - 21 seats (+12)
โซ Others - 27 seats (=)
Changes with FPTP
This is probably a very smart strategy for two reasons:
Firstly there is a real opportunity for the Lib Dems form the Official Opposition after the next election. Here's a map showing the 15 seats where Labour need a 1.5% swing off the Tories in order to win in pink... (1/4)
btw before everyone gets excited for a keir starmer premiership the last time a labour party won a record breaking majority they did absolutely nothing and lost in a landslide the next election
anyone else find it dystopian that we just routinely murder people in foreign countries? Imagine if China and Russia were doing this in the streets of LA and NYC every week.
๐จ NEW: Labour believe they have LOST the West Midlands Mayoral election because of Gaza
A senior party source said: "It's the Middle East, not West Midlands that will have won Street the Mayoralty. Once again Hamas are the real villains."
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The question of identity that is tearing the Lib Dems apart: is the party yellow or orange?
All Britons
Yellow: 57%
Orange: 24%
Lib Dem voters
Yellow: 55%
Orange: 41%
Green Party Manifesto Launch:
- 4 day working week
- Ban on domestic flights
- Wealth Tax on assets above ยฃ10million
- Votes at 16
- Phasing out of nuclear power
And much more
NEW MRP: Labour 99% Certain To Win More Seats Than in 1997
Labour on Course to Win 484 seats.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are in a close race to form the official opposition.
Probabilistic seat count:
LAB 484
CON 64
LD 61
SNP 10
RFM 7
PC 3
GRN 3
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i'm really happy with most of the model but the main thing stopping me from releasing it is how badly it underestimates the scottish lib dems
it also probably overestimates labour in the central belt seats i think, the glasgow seats give labour about a 90% chance of winning
Enough with the party seat count predictions. Which seat do you guys think will be won with the *lowest* vote share?
and will it beat the current record of 24.5%?
alright bit of an update, i've managed to simulate 1000 elections using my projection and then plotted it on a histogram so here it is if anyone is interested by it
first poll with my projection thingy and i fixed a few errors (but it's still slightly flawed)
๐น 494
๐ณ 72
๐ถ32
๐ 28
๐ป 4
๐ 1
๐ 1
ask me if you want a result for any particular seat
Alright this is just for fun, but i'm gonna start making county maps for if the UK had a US style senate.
First up: Cornwall. Labour wins a progressive primary here, resulting in the Greens and Lib Dems dropping out, leading them to a narrow victory against the Tories.
@TrueSlazac
The Brexit party and the Lib Dems (and Greens) had a much clearer policy on Brexit than labour or the tories
In an EU election where Brexit was the main policy issue, Labour and Tory voters switched to make their support for remaining or leaving more clear
@FiberFluff
@harrisbparker
Turkeyโs democracy is flawed for sure, especially around press freedom, but the elections they hold are still somewhat democratic
ngl (some) lib dems are being wild in the replies
Replacing derelict land with housing is a good thing. Even if its housing for wealthy people, this will free up other housing and reduce prices/increase housing capacity, which is a good thing.
I know Iโm a Lib Dem member so I shouldnโt be saying these things but itโs so silly when we say โ14 years of chaosโ but 5 of those years were supported by us ๐
@libdemdaisy
absolutely smashed that debate!
The country is crying out for change and, in so many seats up and down the country, the
@LibDems
are the best vote to end 14 years of Conservative chaos!
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Here's my model using numbers from the More in Common poll
Labour - 307 seats, 29%
Conservative - 197 seats, 25%
Reform - 17 seats, 18%
Lib Dems - 80 seats, 14%
Greens - 5 seats, 8%
SNP - 10 seats, 3%
PC - 4 seats, 1%
Others - 12 seats
Our first voting intention since the GE is in todayโs Politico Playbook. Labourโs lead sits at 4 points.
๐นLAB 29% (-6)
๐ณCON 25% (-)
๐ถ LIB DEM 14% (+2)
โก๏ธ REF UK 18% (+3)
๐ GREEN 8% (+2)
๐ก SNP 3% (-)
Changes with GE 2024 (GB only)
10-12 September, N = 2,018
idk if this is a bold take but a โrainbowโ coalition wouldโve been way better than working with the conservatives and he should be ashamed of the coalition not trying to defend it
Ed Miliband shows his nasty side as he attacks Carla Denyer with lies about the Greens not committed to infrastructure. This is a picture perfect illustration of how centrists hate socialists more than fascists.
Obvious caveats here is that people would likely vote very differently under PR and that not every party stood in every seat (which especially impacts Reform)
The interesting thing about this simple 10-question quiz is how obvious and uncontroversial the questions are, while highlighting how much the Greens are now outliers as a genuinely progressive party. What result do you get?
Our political system has been fundamentally broken for generations.
And only we โ Liberal Democrats โ will fix it.
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> pm facing an upcoming election
> behind rivals in polls due to gov infighting
> election expected in autumn
> bad local election results
> call july election instead
> surge in polls
> hung parliament
> unpopular teal party supports you as pm
> be Pedro Sanchez, pic unrelated
@spicy1812
@harrisbparker
Sure but tbh itโs usually because being a democracy leads to secularisation (in the case of Albania having a communist dictatorship probably helped with that as well)
How do party images compare?
Britons most associate being 'dishonest' with Conservatives and Labour, being 'nasty' and 'extremist' with Reform UK and being 'likeable' with the Lib Dems or Greens
And if the Tories do rebound in the next few years, fighting them will be even more important. Targeting the Tories instead of Labour means they'll win back less Lib Dem seats, and it'll much harder for them to re-enter government without the 60 seats we took off them. (4/4)
@valalt11
tbh it depends on the country I understand a volt voter in Germany but Volt UK is actually pointless the Lib Dems are just the same but relevant