I think us Brits enjoy American politics so much because your system works so differently
I like politics in general. Haiti, Gaza, Syria, America, Nigeria, Afghanistan, India, Gabon.....there's really nowhere like the UK. Thankfully.
You don't want our chaos masquerading as great world-leading organization. The UK voting and political structure is like free jazz !!
at the moment, the talk is when our current Prime Minister decides to call an election
He has to call it by December. What will be interesting will be when he decides to call it and why. His party is falling apart, he has many enemies {I was telling my wife this was the case, even when Liz Truss was slapping his arse back in '22} and the Labour party, as soon as his first crisis {Suella Braverman being reinstated as home secretary after being "moved aside" in the role by Lizzy T in one of her few good moves due a security breach} has been pushing the narrative that he is weak....which I don't think he is. I think he is trying to be fair.....but that is interpreted as weak in the present climate. Which is stupid in my opinion. It's at times like this that there is definitely a place for the religious and the spiritual in politics. Do to others as you wish them to do to you. He has given a number of his erring ministers the chance to turn things around but some of them have been so "up their own backsides" as we say, in the vernacular, that they haven't been willing to play ball. Well, let me say, if I was erring in life, with my wife, with my kids, with my work, with speeding while I drive, I'd be grateful for the chance to put things right and move on - unless I was arrogant and pig-headed. It seems that those involved with politics {journalists, politicians, especially the opposition, many voters and even party colleagues} are not interested in human realities and hold its practitioners to a far higher and more unrealistic standard than God ever has.
Sometimes, for good reason. Often, not.
members of his party are jumping ship so quickly he wont have many left soon
I get what you mean. I have been surprised at how many have jumped ship since 2019. But you know, in every parliamentary cycle, it's surprising how many MPs decide not to run for re-election or drop out. Check the numbers. Deaths, bad behaviour, "I've had enough and my family is suffering..." - there are so many different reasons. So it's actually no big deal. It shouldn't be forgotten that the Tories had a majority of 80 in the last election. That's no small potatoes,
I remember back in 2015, my younger son's school really got into the elections and he was 10 and really looked hard at the parties' manifestos. He told me that having weighed them all up, he thought the Labour one was the fairest and best. I was quite impressed. I would have been, even if he'd gone with a party I could never vote for. On the Friday when the results came out and the Tories upset the bookies' odds {they thought we'd get a hung parliament} by getting a majority of 10, my son asked me what it meant. When I explained, he turned to me and said words I've never forgotten. He said, "So does that mean the winning party can do whatever it likes ?"
I replied "Yeah, pretty much."
The Tories had an 80 majority in 2019. With that, they could easily have turned Britain into a Tory-soaked paradise. Whatever that would mean in their estimation. But instead, they simply demonstrated the old adage that absolute power corrupts
absolutely. A relatively small number have been stupid and cocky and arrogant, including big Boris and Lettuce Liz and I hope they will pay the price.
When Tony Blair's govt was in power, right from the start they proved to be no better than the sleazy Tories they had ousted, emphasizing their sleaziness. Political party shenanigans merely reflects a human problem which is why putting your faith in politics and politicians and parties is one rung below insanity in my opinion.
The trouble is they're jumping ship to a party who statistically can't win, so the Conservatives are out without any doubt
That is what was reported widely in 1992...but the Conservatives got in for 5 more years.
They said the same in 2015 about the hung parliament ~ but the Tories won.
Trouble is, the opposition are so used to being in opposition, theyre not ready to govern. Their only policies are disagreeing with the conservatives, so if they win, they'll walk into power totally clueless
To me, that's like saying that a person who is single before getting married or jobless before getting their first job is a poor bet because of that.
No Robert {Robson, Robin} !
Life is an accumulative experience in which we learn as we go along, both as people that observe age-old practices and as people with new ideas that must be tested.
One other thing that so many people seem to ignore ~ as an opposition politician, you get first-hand, up-close experience watching your opposite number. You get to learn from their errors and successes. You get to see how one can support or defy your own government. Tony Blair had no govt experience whatsoever. He was PM for 10 or so years......the Tories have spent much of their time in power trying to undo or come to terms with what he inspired.
and probably carry on many policies because they don't have any of their own
To say they have none of their own is ridiculous. But it is an accurate observation to say they will have to carry on the policies of the gang that were in before them. Not everything is a bitter fight to the death ! There's a lot of agreement between all parties. It seems they would all rather keep the illusion that the choice of one means certain death and destruction.
Well, it hasn't thus far. I had a great time under the Tories up till '97. I had a great time under Labour till 2010. I had a great time under the Con-Dem alliance till 2015. Because I take responsibility for my life, my direction, my thoughts, my family. The day I truly die is when I look to a political party in the UK to provide
anything for me.