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I reckon he will change his mind in 5 years time.

I will PM you my address.

But you did reply to yourself.

Are you okay ? You're replying to yourself.

I was not making a generalisation.....my comments were aimed squarely at Jimbob's ludicrous and ill-informed claims.

That's a nice story. And fair play to the 98 year old as I'm certain I will not be able to operate a smart phone at his age. As an aside I do get fed up when older people make generalisations and judgements about the youngsters and even worse demonise them for society's ills and completely...

I was making another common sweeping generalisation to add to the ones you listed :smile:

And they listen to awful music where you can't understand a word they're singing about.

I think if the Labour Party championed the working person more, and championed the youth, they'd clean up. I'm not convinced elections are won on the middle-ground any more.

And so was I. I do think both main parties have learnt from this though. I was also let down over uni tuition fees.

The UK is where I was born and where I was raised. It's where my family and a lot of friends live. It will always be part of me and I therefore want what is best for it and want it to be fairer. I do care about it, do hugely admire some elements of it, although at times it frustrates me. I only...

It's the "benefit of all" bit I don't agree with you on. The working class, public sector workers and especially the youth are not seeing any of the benefits of the recent alleged up-turn in the economy. They are continually shafted by the Tories.

Fair question. I've said before that no party has really affected me personally as I have, very thankfully, always remained in work and don't have an expensive life-style or any dependants. I'm white, very healthy and male so everything is in my favour. I vote more for the people around me and...

I am also a working class chap and I do feel they look out for me. Opinions eh?

I definitely think it's time for a change to PR. It's a real shame it got screwed up last time.

Just out of interest what is your reasoning for wanting constituency MPs so strongly?

Sorry, I didn't realise your question was rhetorical. You gave a list of ideals, a list of ideals which cannot all be totally achieved as one will always impede another. Therefore I suggested a balance which is currently in operation. If you want to totally achieve all of your aims you'll be...

"The first vote allows voters to choose their candidate of choice in their district. Every candidate who wins in one of the country's 299 districts -- based on voters' first votes -- automatically gets a seat in parliament. This means that every district sends a lawmaker to Berlin" This is the...

PS I'm not sure you can have "properly proportional" and the local connection as they conflict. But, the German system seeks the optimal balance.

The Fatherland http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-election-system-explained-a-923243.html