@rezaaslan 12.5% of the votes went to ukip, although they only got 1 seat out of 650. This stat shows up two problems the UK has.
The headline is that racist Nigel Farage lost his seat and fascist UKIP won only a single seat. Proud of you Britain!http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/world/europe/david-cameron-and-conservatives-emerge-victorious-in-british-election.html?smid=nytnow-share&smprod=nytnow …
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@rezaaslan But we still elected a ruthless, anti-poor, anti-disabled, anti-human rights party, so I think pity not pride is what we deserve. -
@bronzetrex@rezaaslan to be fair your electoral system is messed up, not as much as America's but still. -
@superdevil619 It is, there can be no doubt, but that changes nothing about our government's perspective on the issues I mentioned, sadly. -
@bronzetrex and they did promise 7 billion £ for the NHS right? At least there's that. -
@superdevil619 They promised many things they have no practical route to providing. See LibDems & tuition fees last election; just words.
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@rezaaslan don't be UKIP's 3.8 million votes bled Labour across England & guaranteed a Con majority proving 6% are racist & stupid#sadday - 1 more reply
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@rezaaslan To be fair, UKIP polled 4m and got 1 seat. Tories got 11m and 330 seats. That's not democracy nor rejection of racist UKIP. -
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@DTraynier@rezaaslan but what is a perfect democracy then? -
@che_shaikh No such thing but FPTP is lousy. I'd prefer smaller anarchist society. -
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@DTraynier small anarchist? Yeah there a few of those dotted around the middle east. -
@che_shaikh Anarchist states in the ME? Israel kibbutzim were close in the 40s/50s but I don't know of any others now. - 1 more reply
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@rezaaslan approximate numbers if the UK had a PR systempic.twitter.com/i1OJIOGREY
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@rezaaslan Strange that an 'academic' doesn't know the meaning of the terms 'racist' and 'fascist'.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan How is Farage is Racist?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan Unusually ill-informed or are you being ironic?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan ~13% of the overall vote though which is embarrassing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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