KoR_Wraith
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Post by KoR_Wraith on Dec 14, 2019 9:22:35 GMT
I don't see any need for years of negotiations, get the lawyers and civil servants out of it, bring in experienced business people on both sides, ask what anyone needs changing from the current trading arrangements then do a bit of bargaining. All agreed in a week and back to work. Couldn't agree more, maybe get Trump to fly in for a long weekend to sort it out? Oh hang on a minute, he's still busy trying to negotiate his super easy trade deal with China now entering its fourth year of talks...
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Dec 14, 2019 9:37:41 GMT
I don't see any need for years of negotiations, get the lawyers and civil servants out of it, bring in experienced business people on both sides, ask what anyone needs changing from the current trading arrangements then do a bit of bargaining. All agreed in a week and back to work. Free trade should mean free trade, not we have lots of expensive rules and regulations so you have to do the same, no wonder the EU is going down the international growth charts. UK team suggestions Deborah Meaden Peter Jones Nigel Farage
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Post by IFISAcava on Dec 14, 2019 11:59:04 GMT
I walked and voted Green - had the Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (CISTA) party been standing as they did in the London elections I'd have voted for them. Point is I am in the second safest Labour seat in the country and my vote means nothing in terms of influencing the outcome of the election. We need a modernised voting system where every vote counts equally. a system where the seats are more the same size ( in terms of electorate ) would help Currently England averages 71000 electors per seat, wales 51,000 ( not checked scoitland or NI ) Why should 200000 voters get 3 seats in England and 4 in wales Fair comment within a FPTP system, but those differences pale into insignificance compared to how many votes it takes per MP. 864,743 votes to elect 1 Green MP 642,303 votes to elect 0 Brexit Party MPs 334,122 votes to elect a Lib Dem 50,817 votes for a Labour MP 38,316 votes for a Plaid Cymru MP 38,300 votes for a Con. MP 25,882 votes for a SNP MP
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Post by mrk on Dec 14, 2019 12:21:34 GMT
I don't see any need for years of negotiations, get the lawyers and civil servants out of it, bring in experienced business people on both sides, ask what anyone needs changing from the current trading arrangements then do a bit of bargaining. All agreed in a week and back to work. Couldn't agree more, maybe get Trump to fly in for a long weekend to sort it out? Oh hang on a minute, he's still busy trying to negotiate his super easy trade deal with China now entering its fourth year of talks... And dismantling the WTO, just to make free trade easier.
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Post by adrianc on Dec 16, 2019 8:25:31 GMT
a system where the seats are more the same size ( in terms of electorate ) would help Currently England averages 71000 electors per seat, wales 51,000 ( not checked scoitland or NI ) Why should 200000 voters get 3 seats in England and 4 in wales The government have been sat on the Electoral Commission's boundary reform - which is intended to do exactly that - for over a year now, with no sign of signing it off. boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2018-review/That is, of course, just England, since boundaries in the other three regions of the country are devolved.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Dec 16, 2019 9:16:34 GMT
a system where the seats are more the same size ( in terms of electorate ) would help Currently England averages 71000 electors per seat, wales 51,000 ( not checked scoitland or NI ) Why should 200000 voters get 3 seats in England and 4 in wales The government have been sat on the Electoral Commission's boundary reform - which is intended to do exactly that - for over a year now, with no sign of signing it off. boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2018-review/That is, of course, just England, since boundaries in the other three regions of the country are devolved. confused if it's devolved, then sturgeon et al could conceivably win the next election by splitting all scots constituencies into 10 thus giving them 500 seats. surely the boundary commission should have an overarching view of parliamentary boundaries across the whole UK
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adrianc
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Post by adrianc on Dec 16, 2019 9:32:48 GMT
The government have been sat on the Electoral Commission's boundary reform - which is intended to do exactly that - for over a year now, with no sign of signing it off. boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2018-review/That is, of course, just England, since boundaries in the other three regions of the country are devolved. confused if it's devolved, then sturgeon et al could conceivably win the next election by splitting all scots constituencies into 10 thus giving them 500 seats. No, not least because the boundary commission are politically independent, and because Westminster sets the number of seats in each region - the commissions just move the boundaries around to best meet the number of seats. The current review is reducing the total from 650 to 600 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies#Number_of_seats
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Post by bracknellboy on Dec 16, 2019 9:44:47 GMT
The government have been sat on the Electoral Commission's boundary reform - which is intended to do exactly that - for over a year now, with no sign of signing it off. boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2018-review/That is, of course, just England, since boundaries in the other three regions of the country are devolved. confused if it's devolved, then sturgeon et al could conceivably win the next election by splitting all scots constituencies into 10 thus giving them 500 seats. surely the boundary commission should have an overarching view of parliamentary boundaries across the whole UK that of course would be to confuse control over boundary allocations versus total number of seats allocated to each region/country, within which boundaries are then allocated. But that of course is rather obvious.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Dec 16, 2019 9:49:34 GMT
confused if it's devolved, then sturgeon et al could conceivably win the next election by splitting all scots constituencies into 10 thus giving them 500 seats. No, not least because the boundary commission are politically independent, and because Westminster sets the number of seats in each region - the commissions just move the boundaries around to best meet the number of seats. The current review is reducing the total from 650 to 600 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies#Number_of_seatsJust been reading the proposals for wales ( having got in via a back door as the main site has an invalid security certificate ! ) GAWD blimey some of these people have very parochial views, in order to accommodate a request from a small town council ( who obviously see themselves as the centre of the universe ) 4 other constituencies would have to have major rejigging as they it seems want to be in a constituency that is about 5 miles from them geographically but of course moving them changes electors in the constituency and to link would bring even more in which means the constituency as they proposed is too big in terms of population.
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Post by agent69 on Dec 16, 2019 12:35:43 GMT
Love the reaction of the election on the stock market. Sold about 10k worth of shares at a decent profit! Looks like you sold out a day too early!
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Post by gravitykillz on Mar 9, 2020 2:16:16 GMT
And hope the stock market doesn't keep rising!! I believe the closer we get to brexit the more it will fall. I might buy back in on the 1st February 2020! I will buy back in on Tuesday afternoon!
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