Giles Gray

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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

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  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  "...democracy is on our side."

  The irony.

  The SNP wanted to overturn a democratic vote (that went against them) two years after a referendum over Scotland had just taken place. They also opposed and tried to overturn the results of the UK's democratic vote to exit the EU in 2016.

  They disregard two democratic decisions and then it's claimed that democracy is on their side.

  It is more accurate to say that the SNP respects democracy... but only if it suits their agenda. The rest of the time they treat democracy with utter contempt.

  I've never seen such a snivelling bunch of sore losers.
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  " Should we stop having elections in Scotland if it doesn’t matter what we vote for."

  Certainly... if what is being voted for is casting aside a recent 'once in a lifetime' democratic vote.

  " Scotland does respect democracy. It voted to stay in the UK in 2014 and it did stay in the UK. That is democracy."

  I don't call abiding by a democratic vote for two years and then casting it aside at the first sign of change respecting democracy, especially when the vote was known to be once in a lifetime.

  Democracy would be respecting the results of that referendum for the appropriate term.

  "Scotland did not vote to give up any right over its future no matter what happens."

  No one is making that assertion. However, the SNP doesn't have carte blanch to change its mind at every whim.

  Scotland made a democratic vote and needs to honour the results of that democratic system.
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  " If voting for a referendum doesn’t mean we have a referendum, should Scotland stop having elections?"

  The UK didn't vote for another referendum.

  Not all people voting for the SNP were voting for a second Scottish referendum. Brexit was the major factor in the UK elections. So there is no way of knowing if those who voted SNP were actually voting for another chance for independence.

  I think the SNP should stop adding things to an election that were not pertinent to a UK election vote.

  Riding the wave of Remain has backfired. Sturgeon was banking on using a Remain Coalition in order to overturn brexit and at the same time force through her agenda for a second Scottish referendum.

  It didn't happen. She now needs to respect the democratic vote made by the entire UK.

  If you can't respect democracy you can hardly complain about it.
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  "If Scotland voting for another referendum is not good enough grounds for another referendum, should we stop having elections in Scotland? What’s the point?"

  And if you are not going to respect a democratic vote just because things move on then you are violating democracy and have no basis for complaint.
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  " They lost the election in Scotland"

  Who cares! It was a UK election. The Tories won emphatically. That was the election that everyone in the UK, including Scotland, were voting for.

  The SNP pretending that they are already independent of the UK that Scotland voted to remain in back in 2014 is where the lack of respect for democracy lies.

  Take a hard look in the mirror before crying about the lack of democracy.
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  "The SNP argued that the situation has changed and we deserve a say on our future in the new circumstances."

  And this is where the issue of democracy fails on the side of the SNP.

  The democratic vote is being violated just because things have moved on. What it means in practice is that democracy can be overruled at any whim whenever change happens. This will devalue and undermine democracy. It means the democratic vote means nothing, not even in the short term.

  Altered circumstances should have no bearing on the choices and decisions that people have made because it would be unfair for the people that the vote favoured, in this case the people of Scotland who wished to remain in the UK back in 2014.

  This has been the whole problem with Brexit. The minority wanted to undermine the democratic vote rather than respect it.

  Calling for another referendum so soon after having one in 2014 makes a mockery of democracy.

  The UK respects democracy. It is the SNP who are violating it.
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  LUHE - " But how many UK indy refs do you want?"

  ... and why should the UK honour another referendum any more than the one in 2014 that is now being undermined?
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  Boys pre-teen sexuality / erections.? Why ? If only for procreation ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  this has been a bug bear my whole life i think and not really sure how to address it as nobody else ever seems to do so.. and it relates to the question if god really created humans .

  he did a shithouse job in this regard.. i can`t speak for females this is entirely a male thing.

  from my perspective.. male adolescents at a very ,very young age , babies , get erections periodically and it has nothing to do with sexual fantasies ,because they don`t even have an awareness of sex between a male and a female at this time.. and it is second inbuilt nature to masturbate to relieve, get rid of the erection .

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  I love this quote by Christopher Hitchens:-

  "Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return."
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  Confession Time - Music You're Embarrassed to Admit Listening To

  by Simon in

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  admit it, we all have things that we reel off when people ask what our favourite music is, just the same as if people ask what our favourite movies are.

  we're meant to say "citizen kane" and "casablanca" and not "battleship" or "pacific rim" but we know what we're going to watch if they are ever on tv at the same time (and which ones we've never actually seen).. so how about some confession time?

  what do you listen to when no one else is in the house?.

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  @LUHE

  You have my deepest sympathies.
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  Confession Time - Music You're Embarrassed to Admit Listening To

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  admit it, we all have things that we reel off when people ask what our favourite music is, just the same as if people ask what our favourite movies are.

  we're meant to say "citizen kane" and "casablanca" and not "battleship" or "pacific rim" but we know what we're going to watch if they are ever on tv at the same time (and which ones we've never actually seen).. so how about some confession time?

  what do you listen to when no one else is in the house?.

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  https://youtu.be/FTI8CWSiZ40

  I have to confess to really liking this song. (God I loath myself for admitting that). I even quite like the video... and at the same time I really hate it. I hate what Rich Clifford stands for but this song managed to make it through.

  One of the reasons could be to do with the top end Naim Audio hifi I once purchased. I didn't have many Compact Discs at the time and so I borrowed my mother's Rich Clifford CD to see how good the recording quality was. The production was staggering. His other hit 'Carrie' also sounded amazing.

  I've liked both songs ever since.

  "Miserable man that I am... who can save me...?"