UK Politics: which do you prefer?

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UK Politics: which do you prefer?

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If the Mrs May Conservative Govt, kept going by the deal with the DUP, were to fail - which would you prefer?
1. A Labour minority Govt lead by Jeremy Corbyn.
or:
2. A second General Election.

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P.S. I would go for (2).
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Number 2 for me because that would mean a Labour majority Govt lead by Jeremy Corbyn.

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Two for me also, if it were to be 1. we might as well join the lemmings.

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geoffreys wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:10 pm A second General Election.
What? Again? :)
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A General Election (GE).

If JC was elected as a result, then it would be the democratic will of the country. However, in the event of a GE, I don't believe that Labour would actually win and it would probably be another hung Parliament.

The result of the June GE proved that the country does not want either extreme Right or extreme Left wing in power - more centrist policies. That's my own position too. The ideal (though clearly unworkable) would be for a coalition of the Tories and Labour representing the views of everybody with each party tempering the policies of the other. Unfortunately, politics doesn't work like that, though.
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I would say (2) as well....

However, the UK perhaps needs to re-assess it's complete electoral system;

I would propose;
  • Voting from the age of 16
    Compulsory voting in Referendums
    Proportional Representation with Local and List MPs (as in Scotland)
    More parties
    Coalitions that work
    More whip-free voting
I have lot's more ideas.... but I think we need, in the UK, more options for Centralist parties. Effectively, we have only two options, one controlled by very leftist policies and the other controlled by very rightist (is that a word?) policies....

The centre has traditionally been Liberal, then Social Democratic Party, then Lib-Dem....

I think more Centralist parties would suit most people now and the Left and Right would be expected to form Coalitions with Centralist parties to run government. It's all been to one or other for too long....
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