How
do we change politics? We have to because those in the driving seat are
taking us off a cliff and have us strapped out of the way and unable to
have any impact or say on the route we're taking...
...but THEY have control and we can't just go on accepting this - especially at this crucial point in history.
Every election - nothing really changes because it's the faulty system that gives us the governments we end up with. First Past the Post voting (FPTP) is ridiculous and unrepresentative of the majority - the majority of the time. ie: if Conservatives win say 37% of vote and take government - that means 63% of us (and that's only those who actually voted) did NOT get what we chose. Ludicrous system.
There is another way - in fact a host of other ways. Ways that would see our votes matter and for the choice not to always end up being Red or Blue. FPTP is a 2-party system and neither of those parties will seek to change it - because they lose their 50/50 chance of winning. If either genuinely cared about actual democracy - they would make change for the best outcome for the people - not their Party.
Another shocker is how many or few votes it takes to get an MP into government - it all depends on Party/Seat!! The following:
[In the 2015 general election, it took 34,000 votes to elect a single Conservative MP, but 300,000 votes to elect a Liberal Democrat MP, 1.2 million votes to elect a Green MP, and 3.9 million votes to elect a single UKIP MP.]
This truly sucks as a way to get our views/concerns/wishes heard - but is ideal if you want to contain power in the hands of the few and not the many.
The following link takes you to an enlightening little video how a Citizens' Assembly can work to enhance the political system - and did in Ireland on the issue of abortion. The politicians there didn't want to deal with it at election time as they'd lose votes from one side or the other - so it was not dealt with but needed to be. A Citizens' Assembly was trialled and no-one expected it to work so well... but it did and could again: https://www.youtube.com/
And for further understanding of voting systems in the UK: https://
...but THEY have control and we can't just go on accepting this - especially at this crucial point in history.
Every election - nothing really changes because it's the faulty system that gives us the governments we end up with. First Past the Post voting (FPTP) is ridiculous and unrepresentative of the majority - the majority of the time. ie: if Conservatives win say 37% of vote and take government - that means 63% of us (and that's only those who actually voted) did NOT get what we chose. Ludicrous system.
There is another way - in fact a host of other ways. Ways that would see our votes matter and for the choice not to always end up being Red or Blue. FPTP is a 2-party system and neither of those parties will seek to change it - because they lose their 50/50 chance of winning. If either genuinely cared about actual democracy - they would make change for the best outcome for the people - not their Party.
Another shocker is how many or few votes it takes to get an MP into government - it all depends on Party/Seat!! The following:
[In the 2015 general election, it took 34,000 votes to elect a single Conservative MP, but 300,000 votes to elect a Liberal Democrat MP, 1.2 million votes to elect a Green MP, and 3.9 million votes to elect a single UKIP MP.]
This truly sucks as a way to get our views/concerns/wishes heard - but is ideal if you want to contain power in the hands of the few and not the many.
The following link takes you to an enlightening little video how a Citizens' Assembly can work to enhance the political system - and did in Ireland on the issue of abortion. The politicians there didn't want to deal with it at election time as they'd lose votes from one side or the other - so it was not dealt with but needed to be. A Citizens' Assembly was trialled and no-one expected it to work so well... but it did and could again: https://www.youtube.com/
And for further understanding of voting systems in the UK: https://
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