A Political Thread pt. 2

[Reiser99]

And peeps voting based on "feelings." All the above really played into this and swung the vote.

My mum really annoyed me. She was a stereotypical conservative who flirted with UKIP briefly. Whenever I tried to discuss the issues she would always say that she didn't know enough to discuss with me, yet she still felt she knew enough to vote.

Having said that, the majority generally don't know enough and have to use their best guess based on what politicians say. It's one of the huge flaws in democracy once you get away from local level.

 

[General Melchett]

Fairer voting system?

The rules around election/referenda campaigning also need overhauling. Its a lying and disinformation free for all at the moment.

It's obviously difficult to fact check everything real time but perhaps political parties should be independently reviewed every year and given a score out of ten. Its not perfect but if anything reduces lies and disinformation it's an improvement.

 

[Reiser99]

The rules around election/referenda campaigning also need overhauling. Its a lying and disinformation free for all at the moment.

True, but you went slightly over 3 words for the slogan.

 

[Reiser99]

Stamp out corruption?

I feel it's too ambiguous

 

[Which Tyler]

The rules around election/referenda campaigning also need overhauling. Its a lying and disinformation free for all at the moment.

Especially when, being an advisory referendum rather than binding, meant that the rules didn't even apply (Electoral Commission was pretty quick to point out that it would have been voided had it been binding)

 

[Welsh Exile]

It’s funny isn’t it, referendums in theory are a great idea, we should have more of them (direct democracy and all that) but in reality they are **** and kind of make a good argument for a dictatorship.

 

[General Melchett]

Stamp out corruption?

I feel it's too ambiguous

Stop talking shite. (Not you)

 

[Saintjay]

They're all good

Don't do drugs.

 

[General Melchett]

Warren Gatland OUT.

 

[Reiser99]

Warren Gatland OUT.

And yet it didn't help...

 

[Which Tyler]

Don't do drugs.

Ibuprofen?
Alcohol?
Insulin?

 

[General Melchett]

And yet it didn't help...

Unless some insanely good strike plays are being saved for the tests. We can but hope.

 

[Reiser99]

Unless some insanely good strike plays are being saved for the tests. We can but hope.

Oh I meant that Wales are still ****.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Oh I meant that Wales are still ****.

**** is kinda understating it now to be honest.

 

[Saintjay]

Ibuprofen?
Alcohol?
Insulin?

That's the worst three word slogan ever.

Just say no.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Fairer voting system?

I also don't think enough voters realise how damaging our FPTP system is.

 

[Yulia]

Don't do drugs.

We have a meme "don't forget to take your pills"

 

[dirty harry]

My mum really annoyed me. She was a stereotypical conservative who flirted with UKIP briefly. Whenever I tried to discuss the issues she would always say that she didn't know enough to discuss with me, yet she still felt she knew enough to vote.

Having said that, the majority generally don't know enough and have to use their best guess based on what politicians say. It's one of the huge flaws in democracy once you get away from local level.

Don't start with mums, as a hundred thousand Welsh people do, my mum votes Labour because they are for the common man, pro workers and anti foreign people stealing jobs. There are no words!!!

 

[dirty harry]

The rules around election/referenda campaigning also need overhauling. Its a lying and disinformation free for all at the moment.

It's obviously difficult to fact check everything real time but perhaps political parties should be independently reviewed every year and given a score out of ten. Its not perfect but if anything reduces lies and disinformation it's an improvement.

Make manifestos legally binding! You say something, you are held to thay thing.

 

[dirty harry]

It's funny isn't it, referendums in theory are a great idea, we should have more of them (direct democracy and all that) but in reality they are **** and kind of make a good argument for a dictatorship.

There are plenty of studies that would agree with this.