• Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    I do not realize that, I’m not from there nor do I pay attention to their politics. This was more so a call to everyone everywhere to show up at whatever booth it may be and prevent shitty policies from being considered, let alone passed.

    That said, I do appreciate the info, and moreso appreciate that you archived it and linked a paywall free version. That was thoughtful.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      11 hours ago

      To translate it to American, it’s a similar two party system as yours, and the UK Dems are the ones doing this.

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah unfortunately one vote every 4 or 5 years is not enough granularity to weigh in on specific issues. Also, politicians lie about what they will do all the time.

      Showing that a large amount of people are against an action, whether by petition or protest, is one of the tools we do have.

      This particular piece of legislation has been in the works for two administrations of two different parties. We’re kind of sick of both of them so I think many people will likely vote for a 3rd party the next time around. Possibly the more progressive splinter group of our 'left" party.

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        I hope you’re right. But in my experience, every country ends up voting for 1 of the 2 largest parties because “that other party will not get even 5%” and the whole population ends up disregarding them. And this is by design.

        Honestly, I pray that you’re right and the UK people actually tells the main parties to fuck right off.