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Celebrating Democracy
8 years ago
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Today is a great day is both British and Global politics; not because of the overall result, but people demonstrated and exercised their right to vote!
Despite the past attacks on the UK the British people went out of their way to elect their MPs (Ministers of Parliament) to represent their constituencies in the House of Commons (Government) showing their support for the freedoms representative democracy over autocracies of terrorism and the aristocracies of the European Union.
No matter who you voted for, or even if you 'spoilt' your ballot, you showed your support of true representative democracy by taking your time to say something about our government system. And I champion that!
If you are looking for unbiased results for domestic or international viewing then here are a few:
(Note: I believe the bellow results analysis are unbiased and are merely popular suggestions of reasons for the vote)
- Conservatives and the DUP: The party who called the election early 2017 looked to the people to the UK to assure government what stance they needed to take on Brexit (British departure from the European Union) and other internal matters for the next 5 years. The party lost a net total of 12 seats this election and did not have enough to form a government on their own. They were still the largest party after the election and with support from the Northern Irish party the DUP (Democratic Unionists Party - A party in Northern Ireland that support's Northern Ireland remaining the United Kingdom) they have formed a government.
- Labour and Young Voters: Despite conflicting ideas over their leader before the election Labour gained the most in this election, believed to have been due to a strong turnout from Young voters who are believed to have in majority voted for Labour.
- UKIP and Brexit: With the EU referendum won in favour of leaving the European Union last year, UKIP (Untied Kingdom Independence Party) called themselves the "guard dogs" of Brexit to make sure the government lived up to it's promise to leave the EU efficiently and truthfully. It is believed because of this victory it was understandable that most of the voters from this party left to return in majority to either Labour and Conservatives providing varying stances on Brexit but a Brexit nevertheless.
- SNP and Scotland: the SNP (Scottish National Party) are still the ruling party in Scotland still retaining approximately three out of five seats but lost the other two out of five to the three main "Unionist" parties (Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats) suggesting a swing in support for leaving the European Union (but still with some negotiable retention) and a decrease in support for Scottish Independence.
- Other main national parties: Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales) all featured retention or minor gains in the amount of seats they own but all featured a drop in national support in terms of the number of votes.
I thank you all for reading and if you voted I thank you for voting.
If you post any comments please remain peaceful and understanding of my and other's suggestions and opinions.
-Avory
Despite the past attacks on the UK the British people went out of their way to elect their MPs (Ministers of Parliament) to represent their constituencies in the House of Commons (Government) showing their support for the freedoms representative democracy over autocracies of terrorism and the aristocracies of the European Union.
No matter who you voted for, or even if you 'spoilt' your ballot, you showed your support of true representative democracy by taking your time to say something about our government system. And I champion that!
If you are looking for unbiased results for domestic or international viewing then here are a few:
(Note: I believe the bellow results analysis are unbiased and are merely popular suggestions of reasons for the vote)
- Conservatives and the DUP: The party who called the election early 2017 looked to the people to the UK to assure government what stance they needed to take on Brexit (British departure from the European Union) and other internal matters for the next 5 years. The party lost a net total of 12 seats this election and did not have enough to form a government on their own. They were still the largest party after the election and with support from the Northern Irish party the DUP (Democratic Unionists Party - A party in Northern Ireland that support's Northern Ireland remaining the United Kingdom) they have formed a government.
- Labour and Young Voters: Despite conflicting ideas over their leader before the election Labour gained the most in this election, believed to have been due to a strong turnout from Young voters who are believed to have in majority voted for Labour.
- UKIP and Brexit: With the EU referendum won in favour of leaving the European Union last year, UKIP (Untied Kingdom Independence Party) called themselves the "guard dogs" of Brexit to make sure the government lived up to it's promise to leave the EU efficiently and truthfully. It is believed because of this victory it was understandable that most of the voters from this party left to return in majority to either Labour and Conservatives providing varying stances on Brexit but a Brexit nevertheless.
- SNP and Scotland: the SNP (Scottish National Party) are still the ruling party in Scotland still retaining approximately three out of five seats but lost the other two out of five to the three main "Unionist" parties (Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats) suggesting a swing in support for leaving the European Union (but still with some negotiable retention) and a decrease in support for Scottish Independence.
- Other main national parties: Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales) all featured retention or minor gains in the amount of seats they own but all featured a drop in national support in terms of the number of votes.
I thank you all for reading and if you voted I thank you for voting.
If you post any comments please remain peaceful and understanding of my and other's suggestions and opinions.
-Avory
The call to hold an election was the right thing to do, to put a question to the people and ask them who should run the government during this most important time during Brexit and terror attacks. However the biggest mistake... the most stupid, idiotic and frankly overwhelmingly nonsensical thing to do was not campaign! It wasn't even the Conservative's fault, it is entirely Theresa May's fault as she was never there in the campaign leading the party. She never got involved in the debates, proper political interviews or anything! Some people would of throught Amber Rudd was the Conservative leader because she got more involved in representing the party despite still greving from her late father!
In the end the only people who voted Conservative where those who voted for the party and what the party stood for and not Theresa May. I thought she was perfect for Brexit negotiations but after that election campaign I lost all confidence in her. I have no idea why she campaigned the way she did (If you can even call it campaigning) but it was lunacy and I hope she gets replaced by someone who actually has a brain and will do something like Amber Rudd, Boris Johnson or Ruth Davidson.
The arrogance of May was through the roof in these last few months.
Here the video, if you have not seen it yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JymtGcDAg-M
Other than that, job well done.