Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Jeremy Corbyn: Why you should support the strikes" video.

@johnduddy2359 Only 40% of the country voted Tory. Something isn't working properly when less than half the vote gives you a massive majority...
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@johnduddy2359 I don't see any problem with PR in NI, just problems with the DUP being obstructionist. Not sure there's any electoral system that would stop the DUP being obstructionist!
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@johnduddy2359 The DUP does seem to always have a hand in it though!
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@johnduddy2359 Somewhat wandering from the main point though - the problems in NI are caused by the partys involved, not the PR framework they are elected with!
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@johnduddy2359 But that would rarely if ever be the case. Labour would be partnering with the greens, or the LibDems, or even a Party nobody even notices now because they can't get a foothold under FPTP but would be viable under PR The Tories would have the LibDems and probably Reform, unless one of the other new right wing parties steals Reforms current momentum There'd be a lot less seesaw politics, so things that need some long term consistency, like the NHS, would benefit greatly!
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@johnduddy2359 why? If Labour+Greens is enough to pass legislation, no Tory input required On the opposite end, if Tory + LibDem gets a vote over the line, no Labour input required I really can't see a parliament where Labour and Tory would need to work together!
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@johnduddy2359 it would be debated, voted on, and if more MPs voted for than against then we go to war Just like now, but with a different mix of MPs doing the voting
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@johnduddy2359 There was crossparty support for responses to the pandemic. Emergencies rarely get bogged down in debate, examples to the contrary are vanishingly rare! On matters like the economy, more debate is good. Such things are complicated and very prone to unintuitive side effects. Anything that pushes back against kneejerk responses is good!
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@johnduddy2359 If that's Northern Ireland, the the unique quirks of the power sharing arrangement do add some challenges to negotiate that other parliaments don't have!
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@davidwebb4904 Tell that to Liz Truss! She seems to have found a magic money tree to replace the hole in our finances her tax cuts will make...
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@darrencartledge6530 I'll take that over the Tories any day!
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I think it is - either times are hard, and profits and wages will be tight, or times are good, and profits and wages should be good Profits have never been squeezed, not in the current crisis, nor during the decade of austerity. We need to stop ignoring the double standard going on here!
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