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Cake day: June 8th, 2023

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  • I’m asking for the individual candidates to lay out their specific political goals. The party can continue to publish its platform and planks.

    Then people vote based on whether they want to see those goals met. When those politicians are up for re-election, it’s fairly easy for someone to tabulate whether or not those goals were met. If there are extenuating circumstances (overwhelming opposition, for example), then they can use that to defend themselves. This would help hold their feet to the fire.

    As for voting ideologically, I attribute that mostly to FPTP - people feel as though they cannot do anything but vote ideologically because there are no real alternatives. That’s why RCV is extremely important.







  • From Mikel’s press conference:

    Do you have any regrets on your actions at Newcastle last year?
    
    M: That’s part of the past and part of the situation that happened. You learn from it and you take a lot of positives as well. We moved on.
    
    Do you think your comments worked?
    
    M: My intention is not that the comments worked. I had to say what I felt on the day.
    
    Have the standards of refereeing improved?
    
    M: They are certainly trying their best.
    

    I’m fully prepared to get fucked back to back.