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Interesting analysis by the ever-reliable Ed Conway 🧵 > https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky/status/1803850769361244363
I always wonder, when any politician (or party) says they are going to build an enormous number of new homes: "Who are you going to find to suddenly build new homes at a vastly greater rate that they were being built before?"
Reform are still rising in the polls.
Unless their support is unevenly distributed this should lead to them sharing the right-wing vote with a resultant massive reduction in tory seats. (And, one would hope, virtually no reform MP's.)
Yes, as much as I support PR as being a more fair system, I appreciate the benefits of keeping the fringes out of Parliament.
And it's quite something to see Farage at war with both Johnson and the DM !
Meanwhile, the Record is not sitting on the fence ...
Yes, as much as I support PR as being a more fair system, I appreciate the benefits of keeping the fringes out of Parliament.
Personally, I much prefer the single transferable vote system.
Firstly, it's far less likely to see Reform or other crackpot parties get seats.
Secondly, you can choose a popular candidate from a party unlikely to get many seats, with your second choice being the candidate from the party you would otherwise support.
The only downside is that it seems it's too complicated for some to understand. And that is a rather serious downside.
Many thanks to Edwin Hayward for his Election Bingo cards generator (fun for all the family!)
and for this excellent TV round-up >
Your Essential Guide to Election Night Viewing and Listening
BBC:
Main: Clive Myrie and Laura Kuenssberg
Also featuring: Chris Mason.
Additional team: Reeta Chakrabarti, Jeremy Vine (swingometer), Kirsty Wark, Andrea Catherwood
Number crunching: Professor Sir John Curtice.
Roving correspondents: Fiona Bruce, Victoria Derbyshire, Naga Munchetty, Nick Watt, Alex Forsyth.
Friday morning relay team: Sophie Raworth, Jon Kay, Vicki Young.ITV:
Main: Tom Bradby.
Core guests: George Osborne, Ed Balls, Nicola Sturgeon.
Analysis: Robert Peston, Anushka Asthana, Paul Brand
Number crunching: Professor Jane Green, Professor Colin Rallings.
Friday morning relay: Susanna Reid, Ed Balls.Channel 4
Main: Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Emily Maitlis.
Key guests: The Rest is Politics podcast hosts Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart.
Number crunching: Hannah Fry.
Politicians and commentators: Kwasi Kwarteng, Nadim Zahawi, Harriet Harman, Vince Cable, Mhairi Black, Ann Widdecombe, Nadine Dorries.
Analysis: Gary Gibbon. Also featuring: Gogglebox favourites.Sky TV
Main: Kay Burley and Sophy Ridge.
Key team: Beth Rigby, Trevor Phillips, Ed Conway, Sam Coates.
Number crunching: Professor Michael Thrasher.
Analysis: Andy Burnham, Ruth Davidson.
Friday morning relay: Sophy Ridge, with Sam Coates and Adam Boulton.RADIO/ONLINE COVERAGE
- LBC = Andrew Marr & Shelagh Fogarty, with Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Friday morning: Nick Ferrari.
- BBC Newscast Live Election All-nighter with Adam Fleming.
- BBC Radio 4 with Rachel Burden and Nick Robinson.
If anyone is still undecided who to vote for ...
Every MP who voted to ALLOW water companies to continue dumping RAW SEWAGE in our rivers
and ...
