@A-Unique-Nickname saidWhat a cheek! 😮
I predict
Most votes
England: Labour
Scotland: SNP
N. Ireland: Sinn Fein
Wales: Who cares.
Of interest to those interested in Wales is that the Conservative Party has been completely wiped out in Wales. Labour won all but five of the 32 Welsh Commons seats, with four going to Plaid Cymru and one, Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe, to the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 election, the Tories held 14 of the 40 seats, with Labour on 22, and Plaid Cymru on four.
Let’s hope that things start to improve for our Welsh Farmers with Plaid? I’m currently staying at a wonderfulfarm rental cottage, high up in the hills 🥰
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@A-Unique-Nickname saidCorrect about England, N.I and Wales but horribly wrong about Scotland. Not surprised Labour won more seats there but didn't think it would be as much and SNP would still get the most votes.
I predict
Most votes
England: Labour
Scotland: SNP
N. Ireland: Sinn Fein
Wales: Who cares.
The Paisleys no longer have a seat after Ian lost the seat his dad and him held since 1970 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@Drewnogal saidSounds lovely. How many sheep got elected this year? 😁
What a cheek! 😮
Of interest to those interested in Wales is that the Conservative Party has been completely wiped out in Wales. Labour won all but five of the 32 Welsh Commons seats, with four going to Plaid Cymru and one, Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe, to the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 election, the Tories held 14 of the 40 seats, with Labour on 22, and Plaid Cymru on f ...[text shortened]... Farmers with Plaid? I’m currently staying at a wonderfulfarm rental cottage, high up in the hills 🥰
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@Ponderable saidIt's stupid, I agree, so is the American system. Any system where a party can gain more votes than another party but end with less power is daft. In America it should be easy, remove the value given to each state and simply most votes win. In the UK because there's so many different parties and nations, it's not so simple.
fun fact, when we discussed the Britisch plotical system at German school in the 80's the very vast majority of pupils thought the british approach doubtful at least.
-Removed-It‘s pretty clear that Labour did not so much win, as the Tories lost. The Tories had overstayed their welcome. The woes the UK has suffered in the last 14 years were mounting, and Sunak‘s last-second plea that things were ‚finally turning around‘ was simply pathetic: falling wages in real terms, rising house prices, the economic fallout from Brexit, several disastrously incompetent PMs, millionaires leaving in droves, …
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/18/business/uk-millionaires-loss-record/index.html
Crikey, they had 14 years to ‚turn things around.‘