...for loony racist parties to get seats?
As in, you're now where the rest of Europe (crudely generalizing, of course, doesn't apply to Eastern Europe for one thing) was 20 years ago. Without FPTP, such parties would've had some seats in parliament, and the public attention that comes with it, a long time ago.
Question Time and the BNP
- 22/10/2009 07:29:34 PM
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I think you gain more letting them speak them trying to silience them
- 22/10/2009 07:58:52 PM
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They like ratings.
- 22/10/2009 08:22:59 PM
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It's funny how equality means they have to let anti-equality groups on *NM*
- 22/10/2009 08:27:14 PM
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I think it's a good call from the BBC, and I do intend to watch it.
- 22/10/2009 08:41:25 PM
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Sorry, we're 20 years behind the rest of Europe because we have a system that makes it hard...
- 22/10/2009 10:33:08 PM
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By "behind", I didn't mean in a bad way. But yes.
- 22/10/2009 11:39:20 PM
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I rather liked (if I can be forgiven for sounding like a broken record) ...
- 22/10/2009 10:57:10 PM
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BNP membership list
- 22/10/2009 11:01:34 PM
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I find the leaking of that to be disturbing.
- 23/10/2009 01:38:09 PM
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That was really quite disappointing.
- 22/10/2009 11:42:58 PM
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I thought it was perfectly executed.
- 22/10/2009 11:58:18 PM
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That's why I said it'd have been much more interesting without him.
- 23/10/2009 12:33:57 AM
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I think it exposed him as an non-viable alternative
- 23/10/2009 12:54:57 AM
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You clearly watched a different programme to me. *NM*
- 23/10/2009 12:57:59 AM
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At which point did it show he was anywhere near capable of being a serious politician
- 23/10/2009 01:15:20 AM
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At which point do you think any rational human being thought he was a serious politician?
- 23/10/2009 01:21:38 AM
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I think the Radio 1 interview a few weeks back did a better job of exposing their lunacy.
- 23/10/2009 01:06:19 AM
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Went about how I expected
- 23/10/2009 12:16:50 PM
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Pretty much my thoughts exactly
- 23/10/2009 01:22:56 PM
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Re: Pretty much my thoughts exactly
- 23/10/2009 02:14:50 PM
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I think we liked and disliked the same thing for the same reasons
- 23/10/2009 03:07:00 PM
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- 23/10/2009 03:07:00 PM
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I've already seen BBC interviews today out on the street
- 23/10/2009 02:14:13 PM
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It will be interesting to see any polls done, to see the actual impact.
- 23/10/2009 02:55:49 PM
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