Rob
@navarthian.bsky.social
Health professional, cycle commuter, jogger, boulderer
Exactly - 6 seat d'Hondt. So if Reform get 30% of the vote they'll get roughly 30% of seats. With STV you might not do so well if most other voters put their preferences in an anti-Reform way
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Exactly - 6 seat d'Hondt. So if Reform get 30% of the vote they'll get roughly 30% of seats. With STV you might not do so well if most other voters put their preferences in an anti-Reform way
Devolved governments can make their own choices! Maybe it's good to see different systems in action. The Welsh system is probably going to produce a more precisely PR result than STV would - that probably benefits Reform
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Devolved governments can make their own choices! Maybe it's good to see different systems in action. The Welsh system is probably going to produce a more precisely PR result than STV would - that probably benefits Reform
They're using a d'Hondt system in Wales, not STV, aren't they? No individual candidate ranking choice
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
They're using a d'Hondt system in Wales, not STV, aren't they? No individual candidate ranking choice
That's just some religious stuff! For the rest of us it is a countdown through December. My preference is to ignore it entirely
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That's just some religious stuff! For the rest of us it is a countdown through December. My preference is to ignore it entirely
It's planned to get a bit of an extension. The old Tetley site is big but only a small party of the government's proposed South Bank development corporation area
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It's planned to get a bit of an extension. The old Tetley site is big but only a small party of the government's proposed South Bank development corporation area
People send to care much less about manifesto breaking simple tax rises that raise serious money than silly pasty tax wheezes that are trivial in comparison!
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
People send to care much less about manifesto breaking simple tax rises that raise serious money than silly pasty tax wheezes that are trivial in comparison!
I think if your preferred party looks likely to get less than 10% then you might consider voting elsewhere, but what would be useful, who could you vote against and how?! People need to get used to a system where tactical voting is too complicated for more than a handful of people to bother with
October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I think if your preferred party looks likely to get less than 10% then you might consider voting elsewhere, but what would be useful, who could you vote against and how?! People need to get used to a system where tactical voting is too complicated for more than a handful of people to bother with
Is there a quiz online to find where you sit?
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Is there a quiz online to find where you sit?
How does this work in 6 seat d'Hondt? Vote PC to shift some wasted Labour vote to prevent Reforms 3rd seat whilst still getting 1 for Labour?! All seems a bit complicated, surely you just vote for what you want. Is this the last Senedd election with any tactical element?
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How does this work in 6 seat d'Hondt? Vote PC to shift some wasted Labour vote to prevent Reforms 3rd seat whilst still getting 1 for Labour?! All seems a bit complicated, surely you just vote for what you want. Is this the last Senedd election with any tactical element?
No, there's only space for two carriages in Leeds station. The platform they use can take 4, but half is for Sheffield and they need to park the Castleford train in the other half simultaneously
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
No, there's only space for two carriages in Leeds station. The platform they use can take 4, but half is for Sheffield and they need to park the Castleford train in the other half simultaneously
The "express"between these two major cities can only have two carriages due to platform limitations! Embarrassing
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The "express"between these two major cities can only have two carriages due to platform limitations! Embarrassing
Cheaper to have effective security than pay the premium.... Oh
October 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Cheaper to have effective security than pay the premium.... Oh
Is it the 7% or the 8% that contains the lizardman constant?
October 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Is it the 7% or the 8% that contains the lizardman constant?
A relative went through every step of this process while trying to get a nephrostomy, uncannily identical. The hospital clearly has an overwhelmed A&E despite 2 new wards opening in the last year or so.
October 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A relative went through every step of this process while trying to get a nephrostomy, uncannily identical. The hospital clearly has an overwhelmed A&E despite 2 new wards opening in the last year or so.
Why self harm just because a neighbour is?
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Why self harm just because a neighbour is?
Same way you could criticise Catholic ideas about abortion without anyone thinking you were particularly racist about it?
October 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Same way you could criticise Catholic ideas about abortion without anyone thinking you were particularly racist about it?
But then some places out there had large numbers of eastern European people arrive before Brexit. Some of the highest Brexit votes came in places with a sudden 15% Lithuania population, etc
October 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
But then some places out there had large numbers of eastern European people arrive before Brexit. Some of the highest Brexit votes came in places with a sudden 15% Lithuania population, etc
I'd be surprised if my seat (Leeds North East) isn't safe Labour still. Even if Labour don't like prosperous inner suburbs, it's their core vote - not some town of mills.
October 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'd be surprised if my seat (Leeds North East) isn't safe Labour still. Even if Labour don't like prosperous inner suburbs, it's their core vote - not some town of mills.
It's the same in the UK - up to a whole £1000!
October 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's the same in the UK - up to a whole £1000!
If it stays low throughout the rest of the parliament and starts generating stories of economic harm/staffing crises it'll cut through eventually? Getting boat numbers down is the other key thing of course
October 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If it stays low throughout the rest of the parliament and starts generating stories of economic harm/staffing crises it'll cut through eventually? Getting boat numbers down is the other key thing of course
Waist measurement is meant to be a better guide for individuals most of the time. The NHS has a calculator
October 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Waist measurement is meant to be a better guide for individuals most of the time. The NHS has a calculator