Comments by "" (@grokitall) on "Labour's Landslide Shows Britain is Moving Right - Konstantin Kisin" video.

  1.  @williammkydde  not really. the way government works in the uk mirrors the us in some respects. the cabinet decides stuff, then issues instructions to the civil service telling them what needs to be achieved. they then look at if they can do it within the current legislation, and formulate detailed policy which is then reported back to the minister for approval before it is implemented. if it can't be done, they instead propose changes to the law that would then eventually be put before the legislature to approve and or amend. the civil service then implements administrative government within the constraints provided by the law, with most choices never getting as high as the minister. same as america and most democracies.
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  2. labour did not win anything, everyone else had their votes catastrophically collapse. any other viewpoint from labour will just get them kicked out when everyone else gets their acts together. labour heartlands are cities and areas normally controlled by nationalist parties, and their failure to address this, combined with toxic policies and politicians is what gave us 14 years o tory government. nationalist parties have over promised and under delivered, combined with some corruption scandals, leading them to unelectability. similar problems doomed the tories in this election. changing the electoral system won't fix anything, as all governmental systems suffer from major issues and occasional perverse results, which occur when the situation is exactly wrong. you just change which problem you prefer to tollerate. first past the post gives strong government, but under represents minority views, and is weak when the second party is weak. proportional representation better reflects the popular vote, but in practice produces shorttermist coalition governments which often collapse before the term ends. single transferable vote makes every vote count, but tends to give power to the least disliked. everything else breaks the link with the constituencies, giving power to party lists, and making politicians even more removed from the electorate. that does not even cover the problem of getting enough people to agree as to what to move to, as opposed to just agreeing what they dislike about the current system.
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