Israel what is next???

[James Curry]

Well Rodney, I would be no worse than the numpties we have had recently.
My understanding is that Candidates are selected by the party for the constituency that he was to represent. So if one dies and there were 6 wanted to stand the remaining 5 could apply for the nomination again.

If you decided, you wanted to be Prime Minister and you were just a member of a political party or non-affiliated, not an MP, and had personal funds to pay for ads, etc. could you run for election as individual candidate, and if you won, could you be Prime Minister?

I would say no, as it is the leader of the party that won the election ? but I suppose if the leader did not want to be PM perhaps he can nominate or the party with the largest majority could nominate who the PM would be.

Thankfully here in the UK although money is very important we are thankfully, more democratic about how we do things. What has been taking place in the USA is an embarrassment to the country. Trump should be banged up in a padded cell , sorry Rodney but he is megalomanaic and a very dangerous man. He needs to be in jail.

[j.sabourn]

Rodney my Australian nephews son hiS mother remarried an American and if he was an example of the American voter Trump would walk in at your next election. JS
His early education was a military academy and today he is an officer in the US army. His choices of leader of the US has not changed nor his large American family. JS

[j.sabourn]

#227 Your reply would probably be “me no speakee inglis “. On your asking for assistance. JS
There are no Chips Raffertys in ozzie any more. JS

[happy daze john in oz]

The systems on here cannot be any worse than her0e in Oz. WE have council erections but any one over 70 is not compulsory required to vote.
Then state gov who can be in for up to 4 years at a time.
Thye have the power to overrule council decisions.
Then the Feral gov who can be in for 3 years at a time and can overrule all other forms of gov if they need to.


According to the electoral commission it is compulsory to vote.

Not bloody true, no one holds a gun to your head when you vote, not like some commy lots.
What is compulsory is to have your attendance at the polling station noted.

Then we come to the vote, no such thing as first past the post, not a horse race you know.
No, they all get preferences from others.
The voting slip may have as many as a dozen names and each party will give you a slip on how to vote, what order to put them in.
So some clown, no different to any other poli, may only get 10% of the primary vote but with preferences get in.

Of course many voters go the 'donkey vote' just number from one to what ever and do not worry about the how to vote slip.

With this system we get some of the greatest DH in existence, most being career polis.

[j.sabourn]

Well I vote for one person only and couldnt care less what party. Cheers JS.

[Ivan Cloherty]

We seem to have way off course, just an observation

[j.sabourn]

We are hove to with the wind and sea on the beam Ivan, as the media would have it. JS

[Ivan Cloherty]

We are hove to with the wind and sea on the beam Ivan, as the media would have it. JS

John they would have no idea of what 'on the beam' means, they would be thinking something to do with sunbeams

[Johnny Kieran]

I see in the news, that Hamas believe they're close to a deal to release some of the women and children hostages they hold. What a bunch of maggots they are, they, and they alone are responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Palestinians and Israelis, now they need a blow to get themselves back together.
I wonder if they mean the swap of women and children both sides hold? because I haven't seen in the media any reference to Israel taking any hostages. Prisoners from past assaults on Israel yes, but not women and children.

[j.sabourn]

We used to sing that as kids Jesus wants me for his sunbeam. JS