tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post8849883521193993021..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Theresa May and the Boundary ReviewPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61076122923609422902016-09-15T15:43:07.521+01:002016-09-15T15:43:07.521+01:00As you say, there is room for debate on these. The...As you say, there is room for debate on these. There are individual Tories who will lose out too (just not so many) so maybe dial back the class war and work to change this. I think there is a case for rebalancing the seats with demographic changes. But there is no case for using an inferior data set to draw them up when a far better one exists, and there is no compelling case for reducing the seats. Comparisons with the US Congress are fatuous because the state legislatures have so much more power.<br /><br />On the other hand, there is a much much stronger case for taking a scythe to the Lords. Kick out the last of the hereditaries who are't 'working' peers, and introduce a retirement age (85?) and/or a maximum term (say 15 years).<br /><br />If you see this as a chance for real change rather than a chance for yet another demo, or for blood-curdling threats, you might even get a positive result.Stunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-29922366139470063612016-09-15T09:49:49.093+01:002016-09-15T09:49:49.093+01:00"Mummy and daddy"? Jesus wept. Given the..."Mummy and daddy"? Jesus wept. Given the context, I can only assume that your parents were Fred and Rose West.Makhnonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69606382705010204772016-09-14T07:37:42.992+01:002016-09-14T07:37:42.992+01:00I'm left with the impression of adults and chi...I'm left with the impression of adults and children - the Tories play grown up politics, they know what they are there for - to shaft ordinary working people and protect the interest of capital. The Left wring their hands and threaten violence, why don't they throw their toys out of the pram too? <br /><br />The first thing Corbyn said was this was "not fair", like some kid in a playground who's had his tricycle snatched away. Of course its not fair! Doh!<br /><br />This is what the Tories do, this is why Labour was invented, and this is why you can expect more and more or this. <br /><br />Mummy and daddy are driving the car now, they're deciding where it's going, and the rest can put up, shut up, or grow up. Speedynoreply@blogger.com