UK election

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It doesn't work. The people of Scotland, Wales and especially NI are screwed under the current system. People in NI can't even vote for the party that's going to win the overall election, on which planet is that ok?

Having a local government is fine and important but overall for the general election there needs to be a massive reform. In the end you have Labour winning something like 30% of the votes but 60% of the seats.... It's daft.

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So instead of 7 parties to choose from there's going to be 11/12/13? 😂

Doesn't work.

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I think the question should be, what is more important. That the popular minority wins or a potentially unpopular majority? One round of voting with so many parties isn't enough. Imo there should be 3, with the last being just two parties.

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It's not uncommon for countries to have more than one round of voting, get rid of the parties who aren't going to win and end up with the top two parties.

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No, it's nice to agree with you from time to time 😁 2, maybe 3 times per year 😂

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Last time there was a vote on joining the EU, the result was closely against joining. Switzerland is part of Schengen, so no routine passport checks at borders, but there are random customs checks of passenger cars at Basel (and other major crossings, but I know a few uncontrolled crossings if you want to smuggle something in), and all HGVs are inspected. Switzerland has a long and complex history of establishing bilateral relations with every trading partner; this made it possible for me live in Switzerland and work in any EU country without visas or work permits and pay income tax in only one country. I retired when COVID hit and Brexit was implemented, so I don’t know whether I could still have worked in the UK if I had had an offer.

It’s not a good sign for an economy when rich people leave and take their bank accounts with them. Banks don’t print money, you know. The money they lend to small-home owners comes from rich people’s deposits.