Why the UK election is doomed 🇬🇧

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  • Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
  • The UK election is tomorrow, we all have an important decision to make which will impact the rest of the country for the next five years.
    With Rishi Sunak and Kier Starter having shouting matches on TV, it seems there's no good choices left.
    Green? Reform? Lib dem? All being forgotten.
    In this video we discuss the truth behind this election and how it'll impact you.
    #uk #election #debate #politics #politicalnews

КОМЕНТАРІ • 97

  • @BrianWillcox-qp2hr
    @BrianWillcox-qp2hr Місяць тому +2

    I damaged my ballot paper beyond repair, it was wrecked

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      @@BrianWillcox-qp2hr this is my favourite comment

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      @@BrianWillcox-qp2hr Pin of legends for you

    • @BrianWillcox-qp2hr
      @BrianWillcox-qp2hr Місяць тому

      @@joseph9074 I'll never cry over this dump of a country ,,, Glory to the Russian Federation, Glory to the Russian Army,,,, Glory to President Putin

    • @glyn6170
      @glyn6170 29 днів тому

      Thai's as bad as going home early on D-Day

  • @josephcroft4268
    @josephcroft4268 Місяць тому +15

    its the first past the post system that needs to go

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      @@josephcroft4268 you're absolutely right, it's outdated

    • @pamvarnsverry2444
      @pamvarnsverry2444 Місяць тому

      Indeed but the country voted against changing to this system.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      @@pamvarnsverry2444 yeah it was a disappointment

    • @johnrandall125
      @johnrandall125 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@pamvarnsverry2444That was in 2011 and it was a shockingly poor alternative to First Past The Post. No major politician got behind it at the time. Even Nick Clegg who wanted a referendum called it a "miserable little compromise"
      The Australian Preferred Candidate system would probably work best for us.

  • @avacyn2000
    @avacyn2000 Місяць тому +13

    So true. Reform looks like it could replace the Tories though (I hope). Lots of young leftists seem to be flocking to Green too. Polarisation of politics.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@avacyn2000 Indeed you are right, let's hope it's an acceptable result

    • @mandymclan
      @mandymclan Місяць тому

      True

  • @aliservan7188
    @aliservan7188 Місяць тому +14

    Vote tactically, and if you want a change, campaign for proportional representations

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@aliservan7188 that's what we all need to do

    • @foppo101
      @foppo101 Місяць тому +2

      Campaign for how long ten years? The establishment won't let you.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@foppo101 exactly mate, it's all a set up

    • @aliservan7188
      @aliservan7188 Місяць тому

      @@foppo101 If it takes ten years, then yes. With your attitude NOTHING would ever change. We'd still have slavery, women wouldn't have the vote and the NHS would have been dismantled decades ago. If something is worth doing, its worth fighting for. FPTP has its benefits, it reduces the chances of giving extremists power, but it's fundamentally undemocratic.

  • @KnockinOnYourDoor
    @KnockinOnYourDoor Місяць тому +4

    I'm not a UK citizen but I've noticed it has come to the point that it's like a 2 party system like in the US.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      @@KnockinOnYourDoor spot on mate, unfortunately

  • @garymorris67
    @garymorris67 Місяць тому +17

    As George Galloway says, “ the two parties are just different cheeks, on the same arse”.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +2

      @@garymorris67 A wise man indeed...

    • @mandymclan
      @mandymclan Місяць тому +1

      True

    • @kiljaeden7663
      @kiljaeden7663 Місяць тому +2

      And George himself is the hole.

    • @pamvarnsverry2444
      @pamvarnsverry2444 Місяць тому

      and he just lost his short term seat in parliament

    • @mandymclan
      @mandymclan Місяць тому

      @@joseph9074 do you even have a job? Cause you have lots of time on your hands. Are you bored?

  • @maxharbig1167
    @maxharbig1167 Місяць тому +6

    FPTP is undemocratic. Other European countries have some form of PR. Polling on a working day discriminates against workers and in Europe elections are usually on a Sunday and sometimes the polling stations remain open on the Monday as well.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      @@maxharbig1167 Thanks for sharing! Yeah I can't agree more mate, we need major reforms. It's because Britain never had a revolution or major political change, it's always been very gradual...

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal Місяць тому +1

      ​@@EdBrinton yes we're very lucky, it's like we're to relaxed to see the danger. 1066 was the last time we saw the need for major change

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@ciaranReal you're absolutely right mate

  • @MikeQuinn-zc6cn
    @MikeQuinn-zc6cn Місяць тому +5

    Just got to follow the money. Where it's coming from and what happens in policy to pay that back.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      @@MikeQuinn-zc6cn HS2 is a prime example mate :)

    • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
      @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp Місяць тому

      Do you think any of the politicians care whether they win or lose? They are following the money trail and continue to cash in. They paid and have the time to scheme - real people have to work to stay afloat.

  • @belspeth
    @belspeth Місяць тому +3

    Have thought exactly this. Labour will win, nothing will change, people will complain and the tories come back in down the line...and nothing changes again. Unfortunately most people are sheep and can't think for themselves or do what needs to be done for the greater good. Anyone got a remote island i can have where i can go and raise chickens and goats, dont know whether to laugh or cry anymore 🤣😭 .

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@belspeth I'm down to share the remote island with you 🤣🤣

  • @rachelar
    @rachelar Місяць тому +2

    Dunno why people turned down Alternative Vote in the referendum. That's oft touted as the best new system for Britain

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@rachelar me neither it's crazy to think 🤔

    • @normanchristie4524
      @normanchristie4524 Місяць тому +1

      Cameron's tory government ensured it wouldn't be acceptablr.

  • @BuddhatoasT.
    @BuddhatoasT. Місяць тому +2

    No you shouldn’t vote send a clear message of no confidence in any uk political party’s

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@BuddhatoasT. I think the best method is to vote for a party who won't get in or spoil the ballot

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@BuddhatoasT. I think the best method is to vote for a party who won't get in or spoil the ballot

  • @rachelar
    @rachelar Місяць тому +2

    Lib Dems have somewhat adapted to the system and built up local support and thus more seats, tho post Tory betrayal 2015 that local loyalty quickly evaporated

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@rachelar hopefully third parties can gain some sort of influence soon

  • @homolgus1
    @homolgus1 Місяць тому +2

    We live in a safe Tory seat so nothing changes

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      Likewise mate, democratic as always (not)

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal Місяць тому

      ​@@EdBrinton I live in scotland, my area is snp dominated and I hate it. They have brainwashed my generation

  • @ellissamsontech
    @ellissamsontech Місяць тому +10

    Reform, even if you don’t agree with all their policies or like Nigel farage, is the best chance we have at rebelling against the 2 party system.
    Vote reform.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +2

      @@ellissamsontech I am with you there

    • @Kj16V
      @Kj16V Місяць тому +1

      Jesus Christ, no. Just because things are bleak, it doesn't mean we should all start voting for the bootleg BNP. Vote Lib Dem or Green. They won't win either, but it will still put the point across.

    • @Braun30
      @Braun30 Місяць тому

      Reform is a nice name for those who originally brought Brexit.
      Farage is a solution for a self made mess and this solution is even more crap.

    • @ellis3120
      @ellis3120 Місяць тому +1

      Yeah so this is probably one of the dumbest comments I’ve read in a long while.
      It’s not about race or skin colour or any of those things, when you have immigration at record high levels and the population expands out of control the public resources we have such as the NHS can’t cope.
      Also a lot of people coming across the border don’t have money, and they aren’t even paying taxes, they don’t have any more money than the people already here do, in fact they have less.
      It’s not a personal dislike for these people, 80% of them are great people, but we need to think of our own and focus on taking back control of our country.

    • @ellis3120
      @ellis3120 Місяць тому +1

      I don’t think you read what I said correctly. I’m disagreeing with you.
      The only way we can get stability is to bring down immigration, which is what reform set out to do. Reform stated multiple times that it has nothing to do with skin colour or race.
      Councils have gone effectively bust because of Immigration, net zero and overspending.
      You say they need better financial aid, where is that money going to come from? They need to be more wise with their spending and we need to get the economy back on its feet.
      Also stop throwing around the “racism” word.
      This country is one of the most free, opportunity rich and equal countries in the world. We are already accepting of other cultures but we’ve forgotten that it’s also important to sustain our own culture and what it means to be British, in an attempt to keep other cultures happy. I say this as someone from indian family heritage- British culture must be preserved and we cannot keep letting everyone into this country.

  • @robertfear7021
    @robertfear7021 9 днів тому +1

    Have you noticed the US?

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  8 днів тому

      @@robertfear7021 similar situation really, with the two party state and non proportional voting system

  • @Paul2377
    @Paul2377 22 дні тому +1

    I was glad Labour won. We needed to get the Tories out and Keir Stamer seems a lot more competent than Sunak. We shall see!

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  22 дні тому

      @@Paul2377 a healthy democracy has changes, anything but the Tories lol

  • @greebobrat
    @greebobrat Місяць тому

    You're only just started to talk about FPTP? There's a reason why the LDs have been going on about voting reform for years, even the reform nutters support it (because ofc, smaller parties benefit from PR).

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@greebobrat that didn't make any sense

    • @breazfreind402
      @breazfreind402 Місяць тому +1

      this election Lib Dems benefitted SIGNIFICANTLY from FPTP they had 12% of the votes yet had 71 seats yet reform got 14% of the votes but only 4 seats.
      This directly refutes your claim that "smaller parties benefit from PR". Instead parties that are less spread and more concentrated benefit from PR. This election was unique in that it goes against the maxim because of reform party cannibalising on the tory vote allowing parties like lib dems to run to the top

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      ​@@breazfreind40214 percent of the vote and 1 percent of the seats it's shameful for our democracy and yeah I agree well said man

  • @Paul-km9ox
    @Paul-km9ox Місяць тому +1

    yeah this country is done and dusted, enjoy the big crash, which will inevitably come, I will be emigrating within the 5 years

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@Paul-km9ox likewise mate, Ive made up my mind

    • @Paul2377
      @Paul2377 22 дні тому

      Where to, though? Where's better and where will take you?

  • @BobGolob
    @BobGolob Місяць тому

    Vote for more raw sewage ! Who cares about preserving the environment? We just have to cross the channel and go to EU to swim in their rivers.

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому

      @@BobGolob who will you vote for mate

    • @BobGolob
      @BobGolob Місяць тому

      @@EdBrinton So many amazing choices, Doris, Nigel, Boris, Jacob, Thérèse ... I will vote to the one who won the most at the election-date betting.

  • @BobGolob
    @BobGolob Місяць тому

    "It is all the same days after days", well, you are living in UK! You saw how it was before and after leaving EU! You cannot make more drastic change than that! Is that not enough???

    • @mandymclan
      @mandymclan Місяць тому +3

      What are you on about lol

    • @EdBrinton
      @EdBrinton  Місяць тому +1

      He's a little slow don't worry

    • @KnockinOnYourDoor
      @KnockinOnYourDoor Місяць тому

      @BobGolob
      People like you thought that leaving the EU would reduce immigration. Have fun not having any support from the other EU members while suffering alone. You also ruined the lives of other EU citizens that actually wanted to study in your country or love there.

    • @BobGolob
      @BobGolob Місяць тому

      UK will now be able to enjoy Nigel in-put

  • @philroysmith
    @philroysmith Місяць тому

    Duh... how funny to do this...