neilm
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Post by neilm on Jun 30, 2022 15:36:12 GMT
The really important point is that there was a candidate called Bernard Manning.
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Post by European Lefty on Jun 30, 2022 15:41:53 GMT
Since we have now embraced thread drift, the answer to all this nonsense is to create seats that represent natural communities and not bother about them being within any tight quota of electors. Then you correct that once they reach Parliament by giving their vote in Parliament a weighting. So for example the MP for Isle of Wight covers a natural community and has 1.23 votes (or whatever) in Parliament while the MP for Werstrewrn Isles covers a natural community and has 0.32 votes in Parliament (or whatever) Now simply apply this to the Mainland UK, all your seats are coterminous with existing local authority boundaries and none cross principal local authority boundaries. Do you fancy taking on the casework of the MP for Birmingham?
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Post by peterl on Jun 30, 2022 15:46:12 GMT
Since we have now embraced thread drift, the answer to all this nonsense is to create seats that represent natural communities and not bother about them being within any tight quota of electors. Then you correct that once they reach Parliament by giving their vote in Parliament a weighting. So for example the MP for Isle of Wight covers a natural community and has 1.23 votes (or whatever) in Parliament while the MP for Werstrewrn Isles covers a natural community and has 0.32 votes in Parliament (or whatever) Now simply apply this to the Mainland UK, all your seats are coterminous with existing local authority boundaries and none cross principal local authority boundaries. Do you fancy taking on the casework of the MP for Birmingham? No thanks, Scilly Isles for me.
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Post by neilm on Jun 30, 2022 16:00:34 GMT
Since we have now embraced thread drift, the answer to all this nonsense is to create seats that represent natural communities and not bother about them being within any tight quota of electors. Then you correct that once they reach Parliament by giving their vote in Parliament a weighting. So for example the MP for Isle of Wight covers a natural community and has 1.23 votes (or whatever) in Parliament while the MP for Werstrewrn Isles covers a natural community and has 0.32 votes in Parliament (or whatever) Now simply apply this to the Mainland UK, all your seats are coterminous with existing local authority boundaries and none cross principal local authority boundaries. Do you fancy taking on the casework of the MP for Birmingham? It entirely depends on on how you approach the kind of casework you wish to entertain and how selective you are from the stuff that makes the cut. If I was an MP, my staff would have limited casework and they would have almost no immigration stuff.
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Post by Merseymike on Jun 30, 2022 16:09:13 GMT
Do you fancy taking on the casework of the MP for Birmingham? It entirely depends on on how you approach the kind of casework you wish to entertain and how selective you are from the stuff that makes the cut. If I was an MP, my staff would have limited casework and they would have almost no immigration stuff. But doing the casework is now expected and if you didn't do it then your local party would be likely to deselect you. The days when you could get away with visiting the constituency every couple of months are over. I'd actually like to see AMS with the role of directly elected MPs being this sort of stuff and being staffed to do it effectively,but those on the list to concentrate on parliamentary work
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Post by neilm on Jun 30, 2022 16:25:31 GMT
It entirely depends on on how you approach the kind of casework you wish to entertain and how selective you are from the stuff that makes the cut. If I was an MP, my staff would have limited casework and they would have almost no immigration stuff. But doing the casework is now expected and if you didn't do it then your local party would be likely to deselect you. The days when you could get away with visiting the constituency every couple of months are over. I'd actually like to see AMS with the role of directly elected MPs being this sort of stuff and being staffed to do it effectively,but those on the list to concentrate on parliamentary work Yes absolutely. I've commented elsewhere that Plaid Cymru in particular could benefit from having some big beasts (in the sense that they have them) elected on the list to concentrate on 'the issues' leaving the constituency stuff to others. Coming back to my own position, I'd run on an explicit platform of it and my casework focus would ensure that the association wouldn't be annoyed. Almost no immigration stuff, no response to or recognition of template emails from the likes of 38 Degrees (more broadly, I know a number of parliamentary staff on all sides who find templated petitions etc a pain in the backside, although I could follow the John O'Farrell route of sending them an automated email every time I spoke on whatever none issue they seemed to care about, but from an unmonitored email address) and only a tiny amount of stuff that wasn't in line with my own priorities or interests. Only communicate with your own people or likely voters: the Lib Dems do it successfully. I know this isn't a popular position.
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Post by Merseymike on Jun 30, 2022 16:30:18 GMT
But doing the casework is now expected and if you didn't do it then your local party would be likely to deselect you. The days when you could get away with visiting the constituency every couple of months are over. I'd actually like to see AMS with the role of directly elected MPs being this sort of stuff and being staffed to do it effectively,but those on the list to concentrate on parliamentary work Yes absolutely. I've commented elsewhere that Plaid Cymru in particular could benefit from having some big beasts (in the sense that they have them) elected on the list to concentrate on 'the issues' leaving the constituency stuff to others. Coming back to my own position, I'd run on an explicit platform of it and my casework focus would ensure that the association wouldn't be annoyed. Almost no immigration stuff, no response to or recognition of template emails from the likes of 38 Degrees (more broadly, I know a number of parliamentary staff on all sides who find templated petitions etc a pain in the backside, although I could follow the John O'Farrell route of sending them an automated email every time I spoke on whatever none issue they seemed to care about, but from an unmonitored email address) and only a tiny amount of stuff that wasn't in line with my own priorities or interests. Only communicate with your own people or likely voters: the Lib Dems do it successfully. I know this isn't a popular position. I think most MPs send out just acknowledgments to template emails. However for any urban seat immigration is a major issue.
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Post by Daft H'a'porth A'peth A'pith on Jul 2, 2022 17:34:07 GMT
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