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Originally Posted by punky
Nice try. Emmeline Pankhurst et al. didn't have the vote during the Suffragette movement. He did. He isn't complaining over unjust civil rights. He (and a considerable number of others) are throwing their collective teddies in the corner because they didn't get the result they wanted.
You think the protests would have happened if the Lib Dems have won? And your comments are quite insulting to the memories of those that died (including Emily Davidson) so we can vote..
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No. They wouldn't have done the protests if the Liberal Democrats had won because one of their key policies is to implement electoral reform. This was a key issue for them before the election and remains so afterwards, it is very disrespectful to portray it was
"throwing their collective teddies in the corner because they didn't get the result they wanted".
The Conservatives "won" with a 36.1% of the vote. Hardly a mandate to wield absolute power, which without an elected second chamber is effectively what a majority government has in this country. The protesters are keen to get electoral reform without being insulted and ignored because got closer to the finish line than either other party.
He was not saying "let's change the system until we win", he is saying "let's change the system so because get the parliament they voted for. It is not a sporting event where the highest number win and everyone else is ignored, it's democracy and a key point of that should be that people are accurately represented in their government.