May 2015 UK General Election Campaign.

[Admiral Yi]

From Economist Labour post-mortem article.  Journo interviews Asian  cab driver on why he and his brotehrs, long time Labour supporters all, voted Tory.

"The economy is doing well, and Milliband is useless."

[Valmy]

CGP Grey says the UK elections were undemocratic and stinky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9rGX91rq5I

[Agelastus]

CGP Grey says the UK elections were undemocratic and stinky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9rGX91rq5I

So a 12 seat majority with 36.9% of the vote is "worse" than a 66 seat majority with 35.2% of the vote (see Labour 2005.) 

His comment about "most people not knowing the name of their MP" seems a bit off as well - given the demonstrable incumbency advantages present in FPTP and the known personal followings of some MPs (see Douglas Carswell, for example) I think it would be fair to say that a good proportion of actual voters do know the name of their MP and that his actions in Office do influence their vote.

[Legbiter]

So what chinless wonder will Labour pick to lose the 2020 elections? 

And the answer as it turns out is Corbyn.

He's a bit retro isn't he? If he's getting the nod the alternatives must have been even more terrible. 

[Richard Hakluyt]

So what chinless wonder will Labour pick to lose the 2020 elections? 

And the answer as it turns out is Corbyn.

He's a bit retro isn't he? If he's getting the nod the alternatives must have been even more terrible. 

It is quite a complex story. The Labour party decided to allow people to register as "supporters" for £3 and they would get a vote in the leadership election. Many greens, commies etc promptly registered and trebled party membership...................they voted for Corbyn.

Now Corbyn, at the personal level, seems to be a very nice man...........that of course is a damning political indictment 

He seems to want the 1950s back but with lots of diversity, gay marriage etc etc

He will go down well with Labour's core vote of 20-25% of the electorate, nobody else will vote for him.

[Josquius]

I really don't see Corbyn still being around for a 2020 election (oh how I wish that stupid fixed term length rule had been slapped down). Though in the meantime it will be good to have everything pulled leftwards. He says a lot of good things on domestic policy, though his foreign policy views are pretty cringe worthy.
Really funny to read about how he got nominated.

[Admiral Yi]

I really don't see Corbyn still being around for a 2020 election (oh how I wish that stupid fixed term length rule had been slapped down). Though in the meantime it will be good to have everything pulled leftwards. He says a lot of good things on domestic policy, though his foreign policy views are pretty cringe worthy.
Really funny to read about how he got nominated.

I don't really see how naming a fringe candidate "pulls everything leftwards."

[Tamas]

What buffles  me is how disbanding Trident can be a valid discussion topic. It's borderline treason.

[Valmy]

And the answer as it turns out is Corbyn.

It is not just in 'Murica where everybody is getting more polarized. I guess everybody was dissatisfied with the 90s consensus. The pill of globalization has been a bitter one to swallow.

[mongers]

What buffles  me is how disbanding Trident can be a valid discussion topic. It's borderline treason.

Hungarians sure have been saying some odd things the last couple of weeks.

[Richard Hakluyt]

What buffles  me is how disbanding Trident can be a valid discussion topic. It's borderline treason.

Its a fairly mainstream topic here, nuclear disarmament is less of an issue at the moment than at times in the past.

Second half of the last night of the proms starts in a few minutes over at the beeb though, if you want some British patriotism 

[Tamas]

What buffles  me is how disbanding Trident can be a valid discussion topic. It's borderline treason.

Hungarians sure have been saying some odd things the last couple of weeks.

Well in practice the argument seems to boil down to: "if we put ourselves at the mercy of our enemies, then we eliminate the risk of them attacking us" which is idiotic

[Duque de Bragança]

What buffles  me is how disbanding Trident can be a valid discussion topic. It's borderline treason.

Its a fairly mainstream topic here, nuclear disarmament is less of an issue at the moment than at times in the past.

Only a topic  in France for imported (Norwegian in this case) leftist nutcases such as Eva Joly. More dangerous than ABB and Varg Vikernes, since they are much more influential.

[Martinus]

Corbyn.

[Martinus]

I just found out he is for the UK leaving the EU.