Do people not understand how elections work?

[TeenLifeMum]

In reference to the petition to call for another general election. You don’t get to say “oh wait, actually I’ve changed my mind. I had no clue the Labour Party would try to redistribute wealth and it would impact me so I want a re do!”

Also, so many bots / people from Indonesia filling it in. I have a certain group of people on my fb sharing it. Do they really think we’ll get to vote again? And would they all vote Conservative now?

Am I the one missing something?

I didn't have to put my postcode in. I'd guess that they're actually using location IP data to pick up on which country someone is in, otherwise no one would show up as being from another country if it was purely based on postcodes being entered.

I think it's surprising how many idiots on here think this is about' idiots wanting an election rerun'. It's not - it's is about expressing our disgust at this shit shower. Some mumsnetters are really hard of thinking it seems.

Definitely this. An absolute shower.

Yes and we had an abysmal turn out no-one knew what it was for why it was happening when it was happening it was scurried through in my area from what I could see personally

Farmers and a lot of pensioners effected by his changes are not cash rich and redistribution of wealth overseas is just designed to piss people off how could it not 🤷‍♀️

I like it a lot - regarding people in Indonesia etc voting - Untrue - as I tried to vote twice and it blocked me!

Yeah because after 14 years trying to get in Labour will call an election after a few months.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Technically all we can say is that the majority voted No to adopting AV, since that was the question on the voting slip. It suited the government to construe that as a vote in favour of retaining FPTP.

If we'd actually had a question on PR, or even some sort of question about the current system, there might have been a different response.

Edited to include a missing word

VPNs mean people could be posting from any country and have it look like the UK though.

Again... Very bizarre.

They are enacting laws and implementing processes to protect women. Did you miss the changes they are making to policing and the court process to improve support for domestic violence victims and rape conviction rates?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2r4g98gjo

I've never been forced to vote for the ruling party at gunpoint, nor has anyone else in the UK as far as I'm aware. The comparison with Russia and Belarus is not strictly accurate.

Here's a nice link for you. I just read it on another thread and thought you would find it helpful. Best not to assume this new law means Starmer has lied!
https://fullfact.org/live/2024/nov/spiking-laws/

Cant stand the guy but the petition is bobbins and anyone signing it is as stupid as the remainers who wanted to overturn brexit (Starmer himself?!)

I think people are just venting, I don’t think they think they are getting another vote they are just telling the government they think they are shit. I don’t understand why it’s got so many people backs up.

I’ve assumed they are trolling the government.

People use VPN’s, I’ve used one in the past.

@kirinm agreed Musk is like the archetypal bond villain.

To answer your original question, in my experience, NO.

Most people don't realise that 1/3rd of the votes can give a Party 2/3rds of the Seats and effectively all of the power.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/politics/5471823-do-you-know-how-votes-translate-to-seats
^https://www.change.org/MakeVotingMeaningful^

Take it from me and my American relatives... in America it is far, far worse.

Ain't that the truth! :-(

https://fairvoteaction.org/ are in favour (or should I say "favor") of RCV.

RCV is still a form of "winner takes all" voting, but is a bit better than the existing system as at least people can vote for multiple candidates in preference.

My goal (for the UK) is Proportional Representation.

^https://www.change.org/MakeVotingMeaningful^
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/politics/5471823-do-you-know-how-votes-translate-to-seats