Butts
Veteran Member
This must be the most progressive ballot taking place in the UK this year.
Not only is the system used partly proportional but also 16 and 17 year olds are eligible to vote.
The SNP are currently in "pole position" with an overall majority in a system designed to prevent such an occurrence !!
Will Labour collapse as they did at the Westminster Election and potentially add to the SNP hegemony?
Will the Liberals suffer a similar fate ?
Can the Conservatives improve on their current position and actually win some seats outright rather than relying on the list element of the process ?
Whatever happens the Parliament will be more representative of the wishes of the electorate than any Westminster Election.
Sounds to good to be true and begs the question why is the system not used for UK General Elections?
Early hustings Labour and the Lib Dems want to increase income tax to pay for better services, Labour also want to abolish Council Tax and replace it with a fairer system which on the face of it is a sensible proposition. It involves revaluation of the Housing Bands which westminster governments have bottled for years.
Conservatives are complaining that Scottish Taxpayers will be paying more Income Tax than the rest of the UK if or I should say when the SNP are relected.
The SNP despite all their progressive rhetoric have bottled a 50p Higher Tax Rate. How much longer will they be able to blame Wesminster when a remedy to become more altruistic is within their remit ?
Not only is the system used partly proportional but also 16 and 17 year olds are eligible to vote.
The SNP are currently in "pole position" with an overall majority in a system designed to prevent such an occurrence !!
Will Labour collapse as they did at the Westminster Election and potentially add to the SNP hegemony?
Will the Liberals suffer a similar fate ?
Can the Conservatives improve on their current position and actually win some seats outright rather than relying on the list element of the process ?
Whatever happens the Parliament will be more representative of the wishes of the electorate than any Westminster Election.
Sounds to good to be true and begs the question why is the system not used for UK General Elections?
Early hustings Labour and the Lib Dems want to increase income tax to pay for better services, Labour also want to abolish Council Tax and replace it with a fairer system which on the face of it is a sensible proposition. It involves revaluation of the Housing Bands which westminster governments have bottled for years.
Conservatives are complaining that Scottish Taxpayers will be paying more Income Tax than the rest of the UK if or I should say when the SNP are relected.
The SNP despite all their progressive rhetoric have bottled a 50p Higher Tax Rate. How much longer will they be able to blame Wesminster when a remedy to become more altruistic is within their remit ?
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