tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post9153814463722857219..comments2023-11-02T07:54:22.317+00:00Comments on Unenlightened Commentary.: Law & OrdeRosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-22066881493179997462009-09-09T10:30:34.966+01:002009-09-09T10:30:34.966+01:00ACPO isn't a trade union. It is worse than tha...ACPO isn't a trade union. It is worse than that - it is a private company. It is completely unaccountable to the public.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-32617032351120823802009-09-08T22:51:45.749+01:002009-09-08T22:51:45.749+01:00"This is a ridiculous and invalid comparison ...<i>"This is a ridiculous and invalid comparison and you know it is. "</i><br /><br />I don't see how it is invalid, the two elections were on the same day so the publicity would have been the same for both. <br /><br />I suppose there is an argument that the BNP didn't stand in every council constituency but they put up over 400 candidates and presumably chose the seats that were the most favourable to them.<br /><br />First past the post isn't an absolute barrier to the BNP but all minor parties do much worse under that system than under PR. This is especially so when so many people would vote tactically against the BNP.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-49834291945318358002009-09-08T22:35:18.585+01:002009-09-08T22:35:18.585+01:00Ross
This is a ridiculous and invalid comparison a...Ross<br />This is a ridiculous and invalid comparison and you know it is. Where they have contested seats, the BNP have been very successful under FPTP.<br /><br />The main point is that FPTP is no barrier to BNP winning seats.James Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374325929212547383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-82000863928520849542009-09-08T21:42:28.832+01:002009-09-08T21:42:28.832+01:00Edinburgh, the BNP have won a small number of seat...Edinburgh, the BNP have won a small number of seats under FPTP, but at a much lower rate than under PR. For example in June there were Euro elections held under PR and local elections held under FPTP. <br /><br />In the Euros the BNP got 2/72 seats whereas in the locals they got 3 seats out of 2362, which places them at the same level as the Cornish nationalists.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-597951878632991102009-09-08T18:19:01.703+01:002009-09-08T18:19:01.703+01:00You could hardly be more wrong about the BNP and F...You could hardly be more wrong about the BNP and FPTP.<br /><br />To date, the BNP have won only three seats in PR elections. But they have won more than 70 (SEVENTY) seats in FPTP elections. In some council wards they hold all three seats, won with only a minority of the votes.James Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374325929212547383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-87609210528271703542009-09-08T17:12:09.223+01:002009-09-08T17:12:09.223+01:00Sir Hugh Ordure's volte face on the desirabili...Sir Hugh Ordure's volte face on the desirability of elected 'extremists' holding the 'police service to account' is pretty despicable, and probably indicative of panic within ACPOs ranks. Well spotted again, Ross.Marknoreply@blogger.com