b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » XXX » Message 9998081 (Thread)

# It's interesting to note how the Lib Dems are all on the coast
Oh they do like to be beside the seaside
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:02, archived)
# I'm surprised there aren't more Lib Dem voters on B3ta to be honest.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:08, archived)
# I am utterly opposed to PR
otherwise they are grand.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:15, archived)
# same here...
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:17, archived)
# I'm very glad to hear this
For some reason everyone seems to spunk over PR and I've never liked the idea. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one.

(Unless you refer to the Lib Dems. In which case... errr, I've only ever voted Lib Dem. :( I don't *like* them but I can't bring myself to vote Labour and am extremely unlikely to ever vote Tory.)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:47, archived)
# I like Lib Dem only in the sense that I like them more than Labour and Tory,
and my decision to vote that way has more than a hint of strategy to it.

PR would turn the entire principle of democracy in this country upside-down.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:50, archived)
# DAMN RIGHT
I liked the Lib Dems better when they were pledging to raise taxes to cover their manifesto - it was refreshingly honest. Then unfortunately they started stabbing their leaders in the back until they got one who looks like a clone of David Cameron but is even more boring :( I like Charles Kennedy, I'd vote for him.

Disclaimer: I did actually vote for Menzies Campbell. If you live in North-East Fife you're more or less required to by law.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:59, archived)
# Tax rises are still in there
50% top rate for those earning 150,000 or more.
(I helped save b3ta! John Q Wagonwheel Spent, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:06, archived)
# I like this
(Though I'd add that it's easier to promise tax rises when you know you're unlikely to get voted in and have to try and force it through. Still, I like it.)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:01, archived)
# It's not so bad
The party just hasn't made the case for it properly yet. You'd think we'd have had long enough to do so. The Electoral Reform Society has a good little book on it though.

I may be a sad act.
(I helped save b3ta! John Q Wagonwheel Spent, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:55, archived)
# PR marks the death
of minority group representation, particularly for rural voters.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:48, archived)
# The function of an MP is to represent his constituents in parliament,
not to represent his party in parliament and in his constituency. They may act like that already, but the problem would not be solved by embodying it in the constitution.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:55, archived)
# And PR allows for the election
of multiple parties of almost every viewpoint. You go to the representative you choose. It's no harder to stand as an independent. I think you've succumbed to a few PR myths here.
(I helped save b3ta! John Q Wagonwheel Spent, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 20:35, archived)