On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 05:11:35 +0100, Clive George
wrote:

On 09/06/2017 03:40, T i m wrote:

Getting up again (stuff on my mind, 0% of it to do with any election
g) I see that Lab look like they are in the lead (189 V 178) so does
that mean they are on their way to winning and the whole time and
effort wasting debacle changes again?

Labour always get more seats earlier on since they tend to have urban
constituencies whereas the tories have the rural ones.

Makes sense.

(massive generalisation of course - look how early the Caithness etc one
declared...)

Sure, but looking at the map that does seem to be the case:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results

I wonder what the stats are on the recounts ... if they are more
prevalent in the rural areas (where counting may not be their strong
point). weg

Watching it play out as a non gambling man (so I didn't place my bet
on any of them) it all seems to be a farce.

So, someone became the Prime Minister even though we didn't vote her
in and then she voluntary decided to hold a snap election to prove how
much support her party had, only to find out that she / they were
wrong.

So, we are still a very spit country suggesting to me at least that
not enough of us are happy with what is on offer and so just as with
the Brexit vote, maybe we need to think outside the box.

Question. If you look at all the things promised by all the parties
.... and got a shrewd business person to tick all the things that would
be considered as both positive and viable (eg. no point promising
stuff we can't be guaranteed to get (like a positive Brexit deal) or
can afford (giving the NHS money we don't have), and testing the
electorate on their ability to understand what is going on before they
are allowed to vote [1] ... we might stop wasting all this time and
energy and actually get somewhere?

Are there any examples of this sort of system working well anywhere
round the world? (Absolute monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy or some
other authoritarian political system etc).

Cheers, T i m

[1] Like I wouldn't ask my Mum if an AMD or Intel processor would be
better for my new PC or my Aunty Mary what sand type and cement ratio
would be best for the pointing on my house.