Re: Local Authority Byelection Results: Thursday 30th August 2007
Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:00 +0100 (BST)
In article <4f1e030f67john@acornusers.org> on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:25:48
GMT, john@acornusers.org (John M Ward) wrote:
> I'm not aware of /any/ government that has been elected by an actual
> /majority/ of the electorate, apart from possibly in places where
> voting is compulsory
UK, 1931.
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Richard Gad ...
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Re: Local Authority Byelection Results: Thursday 30th August 2007
Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:00 +0100 (BST)
In article <1189089273.189860.304500@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com> on Thu,
06 Sep 2007 07:34:33 -0700, usenet@bondegezou.demon.co.uk () wrote:
> When people are selected for a job, a voting system is generally not
> used. Rather, a consensus is formed through discussion within a
> selection panel. It's impractic ...
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Re: Local Authority Byelection Results: Thursday 30th August 2007
Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:01 +0100 (BST)
In article <YYudnTxdvuRYR0PbnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@pipex.net> on Wed, 05 Sep
2007 17:35:13 +0100, not.telling@noparticularplacetogo.com (JNugent)
wrote:
> Minorities are supposed to lose. That's what democracy is about.
In which case Britain should not have had any Government at all since
1935.
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Richard Gads ...
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Peter Hill, 35, Manchester Hero of Thai air crash
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:42:37 -0700
http://members.nowpublic.com/nksagar
Peter Hill, 35, Manchester Hero of Thai air crash
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Re: Local Authority Byelection Results Thursday, 13th September 2007
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:37 +0100 (BST)
In article <z8CdnY0VDY9AXXPbnZ2dnUVZ8qminZ2d@pipex.net>,
abbotslangley@cix.compulink.co.uk () wrote:
> In article <memo.20070916162335.428l@a01-09-5548.rosenstiel.co.uk>,
> rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
>
> > I know they have some in Beverley and Liverpool had some.
> > Anywhere else?
> > ...
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Greek Leaders assures nation with reforms
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:02:51 -0700
http://www.nowpublic.com/emergencies/greece-pm-costas-karamanlis-nd-party-w-ins-general-elections
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Greece and winning top-up systems
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:18:21 -0700
A propos of the recent discussion about electoral systems that are
good at delivering one-party majorities (and better at doing so than
FPTP), I notice that the recent Greek legislative election is done in
that manner. There are 300 seats elected by nationwide list PR, with a
minimum threshold of 3% (a reduction o ...
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Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi to run for MP election
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:22:56 -0700
http://www.nowpublic.com/politics/russian-businessman-andrei-lugovoirun-mp-election
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Re: Local Authority Byelection Results Thursday, 13th September 2007
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:27:45 -0700
On 16 Sep, 16:23, rosenst...@cix.co.uk (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
> In article <5l4o8bF6at1...@mid.individual.net>,
>
> T.C.Roll-Picker...@qmul.ac.uk (Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:
> > JNugent wrote:
>
> > > Is the SDP still going?
>
> > Sort of - after the "continuing" SDP decided to fold in 1990 a
> > group who ...
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Thai Jet crashes-128-passengers
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:06:27 -0700
http://www.nowpublic.com/emergencies/thai-jet-crashes-128-passengers
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