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Anyone ever seen any modelling of what potentially happens when the turnout is very low?

More fool them if they think that it was a huge swing to them. It was a massive swing away from the Conservatives and towards those who couldn't give a damn, just like all the recent by-elections. That should worry all the parties.

It is but the Bone and his girlfriend business doesn't apply to Kingswood. Perhaps I am posting on the wrong thread but I would think that Labour should be extremely worried that people are not enthused enough to come out and vote for them yet.

Indeed. Under PR we would be looking at potentially getting a lot of seats for less popular parties some of which would be welcome, some not. Under FPTP Labour should win by default.

Dreadful turnout. The actual number of votes for Labour in Wellingborough went up by 107. (13,844 yesterday to 13,737 in 2019). In Kingswood the vote for Labour went down by 5,316 (11,176 yesterday, 16,492 in 2019) The Conservative vote has, unsurprisingly, collapsed. The "Can't be bothered to...

Does Holly Valance have to agree with everything her husband says or does then?

He's just not a politician. Has no idea how to deflect or turn a situation to his advantage. That interview with Piers Moron was dreadful. A tiny bit of statesmanship could have made Moron look like the utter tool that he is but Sunak failed. Today was just appalling beyond measure.

If it results in them looking even worse than before then great, bring it on!

Five families? What's that then? Sounds like a load of old bollocks.

Yup. Pairing is the name of the voting mechanism where someone drops out so if that is cancelled then yes, he would be coming back for the vote. Oh and I agree, it is pathetic.

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There is. Someone from the opposite party drops out if someone cannot attend a vote. It happens all the time.

I agree it isn't democratic but you have to get subject experts somewhere into the system because they are not in the HoC and probably never will be. I would argue that you could never have a fully democratic HoL, you would have to have certain appointments in there too. I have just looked up...

I have read "How Westminster Works.....And Why It Doesn't" by Ian Dunt and he says that only 2 parts of Westminster actually work well - Select Committees and the House of Lords. He says that whilst it does need reform, it has a vital role as there is not a majority for 1 party, many in there...

"Anyone who understands this bill knows it is not going to work": R Jenrick on Kuenssberg re the Rwanda bill.

Cracking question in PMQ's from Stephen Flynn. "Is the PM worried that he is projected to become the first Conservative party leader to lose a General Election to a fellow Thatcherite?" :clap:

I am currently half way through a very interesting book called "How Westminster works....and why it doesn't" by Ian Dunt. I have always assumed that the civil service has the experts in each area but apparently this is no longer the case. We all know that the Minister merry-go-round means that...

At least we haven't got to this level of politics. Yet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67170266

It is hardly a ringing endorsement for the Labour party when they win a by-election but their number of votes actually goes down. Only the Lib Dems increased their vote count in Mid Beds.

The first part of Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos is on iPLayer - it's essentially the story of what happened in Westminster from 2016. It includes lots of interviews with civil servants who have not spoken publicly before and is very interesting.