Ha! By some strange coincidence France is going to vote for a new government at pretty much the same time. And, if you trust the polls, it's going to be a punishing tactical vote, no different from the one you so fittingly described. Except that here, the punishment is going to be worse on the punishers than the punished. You Brits (with some help from across the pond) might have to come in and save our arses all over again! Hugely depressing. I will prefer tuning into british election night, even more so after you so convincingly advertised its comic drama.
Great description. I view the Australian and Irish systems as similar, and was going to suggest those, but of course they don't do declarations like the British system because they both use preferential voting systems that take so much longer to count, so journalists and scrutineers or in Ireland what they call 'tallymen' can only get an idea from how the count is going at the voting stations before they pack it in for the night.
Thank you. Thatās interesting. I did have a good look around but I think the UKās combination of first past the post and a small geographical area makes us almost unique, even among other countries that use the parliamentary system. Iām becoming a bit obsessed with declarations tbhā¦ I first thought about it watching the 2020 US presidential elections and realising that the TV stations ācallingā states wasnāt just cosmetic, as Iād always vaguely thought, but was actually the substantial (if not official) decisive moment. Amazing how many different ways humans devise to do broadly similar things!
So many Portillo ā97s potentially coming up next month. Iām booking 5th July as annual leave
You and me, we are the same
Ha! By some strange coincidence France is going to vote for a new government at pretty much the same time. And, if you trust the polls, it's going to be a punishing tactical vote, no different from the one you so fittingly described. Except that here, the punishment is going to be worse on the punishers than the punished. You Brits (with some help from across the pond) might have to come in and save our arses all over again! Hugely depressing. I will prefer tuning into british election night, even more so after you so convincingly advertised its comic drama.
Urgh, I saw. What is Macron up to? I keep seeing competing theories of what his strategic plan might be. Also I have a horrible feeling we are only a few years behind you, right-populism-wise. Brexit squeezed that pustule in an odd sort of way but if Labour doesnāt perform some kind of economic magic in the next five years I fear the 2029 British election is not going to be very pretty at all. SolidaritĆ©.
The line about Janice had me spitting tea, fabulous.
Ha! Nailed it. Brilliant description of what looks barking mad now that youāve written it down in that genius Metropolitanesque way.
Thank you!
Great description. I view the Australian and Irish systems as similar, and was going to suggest those, but of course they don't do declarations like the British system because they both use preferential voting systems that take so much longer to count, so journalists and scrutineers or in Ireland what they call 'tallymen' can only get an idea from how the count is going at the voting stations before they pack it in for the night.
Thank you. Thatās interesting. I did have a good look around but I think the UKās combination of first past the post and a small geographical area makes us almost unique, even among other countries that use the parliamentary system. Iām becoming a bit obsessed with declarations tbhā¦ I first thought about it watching the 2020 US presidential elections and realising that the TV stations ācallingā states wasnāt just cosmetic, as Iād always vaguely thought, but was actually the substantial (if not official) decisive moment. Amazing how many different ways humans devise to do broadly similar things!