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  • This is the weakness of a democracy though- the majority can be wrong. Look at the current government for

    Except of course that the majority of people didn't vote for this shower of cunts.

  • Except of course that the majority of people didn't vote for this shower of cunts.

    Only ~42% of the electorate voted for something other than the Tories.

    (Stats abuse with low turnout elections can be fun, and statistics based on the entire electorate can be used both ways when voting is not mandatory.)

  • Except of course that the majority of people didn't vote for this shower of cunts.
    Only ~42% of the electorate voted for something other than the Tories.

    (Stats abuse with low turnout elections can be fun, and statistics based on the entire electorate can be used both ways when voting is not mandatory.)

    True. But the majority of people eligible to vote did not vote Tory, and that's fact not stats abuse. It's far from democratic, and it pisses me off that the wishes of a minority are foisted on everybody else.

  • Only ~42% of the electorate voted for something other than the Tories.

    (Stats abuse with low turnout elections can be fun, and statistics based on the entire electorate can be used both ways when voting is not mandatory.)

    This is the second time I've seen you make this point on here, I think. It threw me off the first time because it's just a strange point to make. I'm still at a loss - what's the actual point? Because no matter how you construe it you can't disprove the point @dave4 made (i.e., it's not a claim that requires one pointing to the entire electorate).

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