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Yep, about 1 in 9 of the electorate voted Brexit party. I'm just astonished that even in this climate, c.63% didn't vote at all.
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Yep,
even after, what nearly 3 years of daily coverage of matters EU,
we still have 2/3rds of the electorate not giving a toss.
We need some method, beyond PR, to ensure that all political parties have a vested interest in ensuring a high (legal) turnout.
Currently the best I can come up with is, that instead of a complete or unit vote for elected MEPs, their vote is reduced by the factor of their constituency turnout,
so a London MEP would only have 0.41 of a vote in EU parliamentary votes,
whereas a Belgian MEP would have about 0.80.
mespilus
Poor UK turnout.
Electoral Commission needs to modernise to prevent limited companies without manifestoes running in UK elections, and reduce the threshhold for donations down to £10, without anonimity.
The Brexit Party vote roughly 1/3 by 1/3 is no mandate for a 'No Deal' brexit,
nor,
for their bunch of shyster MEPs to be included in any further discussions with the EU negotiators.