Tooting Carmen's political beliefs

[Tooting Carmen]

what does PR stand for?

Proportional Representation.

[The Lawspeaker]

what does PR stand for?

Something that is neither Proportional nor Representative.

[The Lawspeaker]

Note: the campaign to move to RP back in 1918 came entirely from the SDAP (the socialists - in those days still more revolutionary than reformist) which then preceded to attempt to seize power in a failed coup when they, even with PR and the socialist workers (most workers would have been Protestant or Catholic) in the cities thus gaining votes at the expense of the rest of the, majority rural, population, didn't win the elections and weren't invited to join the cabinet.

[Westbrook]

(7) Essential services such as health, education, utilities and public transport should be brought entirely under State ownership. In addition, the State should buy shares of between 5 and 25% in different companies (depending on their success and nature). The profits from the shares will be reinvested in the State and its services.

Before Mrs Thatcher, the first four were generally under public ownership and for the most part worked well, so it is not as if it is entirely novel. Britain isn't America. And as for the companies where the State shall buy shares, the State will be a silent investor and won't actually be involved in the management of the companies, which is what Singapore does successfully.

[XenophobicPrussian]

Not sure, but in any event I'm sure you'd find most British people would broadly agree on such a pragmatic immigration policy anyway.

Sure, but keep in mind this wasn't the case when immigration started(hardly a liberal policy if it went against the majority) and honest debate/discussion is not allowed in the media on the topic.a It's also a very significant and serious issue, replacing the long term demographic of a country and putting the natives into minority status, countries have separated and split up for much less, such as minor economic reasons. In huge decisions like that I don't think majority rule is fair enough.

If you aren't sure about that, what is your opinion on neutrality laws and fair representation laws in media in terms of opinion pieces/speaker and expert guests/etc(for example, if someone writes an opinion piece, there should be an offer up for a counter, the idea that there is left wing and right wing news is just preposterous to me)? Wouldn't be state controlled media, just regulations, Britain already has them such as not being able to reveal exit poll results before the results of an election are out. I'd agree with you on PR btw if already undemocratic demographic changes haven't happened. Anything other than PR is undemocratic, let's be real here, but importing voters is also undemocratic, which is why I'd oppose it. I agree with nationalizing healthcare and education, don't have an opinion on utilities or transit.

[Tooting Carmen]

Media reporting should be fair and balanced, but otherwise regulation should be minimal.

[PaleoEuropean]

Stupidest rebuttal.

In the early days, Israel's system worked fine. Then people began to realise - small single-interest parties can have undue power! We'd immediately have the BNP, hardcore socialists, massive splits in the Labour and Tory parties, and Nationalists, and before you know it, the English Nationalists and Scottish Social Democrats are calling shots because their single-interest 2-seat party holds the balance of power. You're deluded.



The Americans do not control the keys and a strong army and navy would be great but we can barely entice people to fill the vacancies we have. In fact, the number of servicepeople is still going down despite there being jobs available. At least with Trident we have the, ahem, nuclear option.



'Some people don't pay tax so let's just have no one pay tax, that will solve problems.'



Organic farming won't help with climate change. Your economic policies are terrible.

Even though it's not my country and my opinion is void, I agree about Britain retaining its nuclear capabilities.

[Westbrook]

Fair and balanced or Fair and Balanced™?

Media reporting should be fair and balanced, but otherwise regulation should be minimal.

[Bellbeaking]

Fair and balanced or Fair and Balanced™?

The BBC in the UK is actually fairly centrists on the whole but this is deceptive as they are not balanced in every domain. They are conservative regarding institutional change, economic policy, and foreign policy. But they are left wing on 'culture war' and social issues like immigration, gender, sexuality and political correctness, but also education and criminal justice to some extent. They have a strong love of inclusion and diversity, they are ok with heirarchy and inequality as long as everyone is respected and included no matter their position on it. They are also quite patriotic as long as one is celebrating their vision of a liberal and tolerant Britain. It all kind of adds up to centrism and they often say that they are balanced because they get equal complaints from both sides, but you can see how this is a bit of a facade.