Maybe its easier to understand if you think of NOTA is the withholding of consent. What should happen instead? The consequences of choosing NOTA are d...
It didn't? I thought it did. Perhaps I misunderstand how multi-member constituencies are elected. As I understand it, to get elected, a candidate must...
^ I am aware you can deface the ballot, but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be an option to abstain. You get to be childish and they get to ignore y...
Quite often NOTA is portrayed, unfairly, as something negative. If I try and defend it using that frame, then I am losing the argument, but if reframe...
If NOTA gets the required quota of votes then that seat will remain empty until the next election. That empty seat will automatically register as a vo...
The responsibility of voters, no, their solemn patriotic duty is to only give their consent to representation that each considers adequate. To accept ...
Just the one system AFAIA. Perhaps there are local elections arranged differently, but the 'winner take all' is the predominant one. Yes, this is the ...
A link to a snippet from an interview my colleague had on the 'The Wright Stuff' show on talk radio on NOTA and the WP. https://twitter.com/talkRADIO/...
I think we have a fundamental disagreement here. I think they know very well the preferences of their voting base and the electorate at large, but sim...
Well, it's a fair point, it is difficult to predict the uptake on the NOTA option in the UK. Its a new option, and it may take people time to understa...
A lot of stuff there. But quite aggressive in your questioning. Let me assume you are hostile to the reform. It's always difficult in these situations...
The white supporting the proposal of adding NOTA to the ballot has now been published. https://nota-uk.org/2019/01/07/nota-uk-publishes-definitive-non...
You raise some very interesting points. I hope you don't mind that I drag the discussion back to my particular bugbear: having a 'real democracy'. For...
Their aim is to gain power and keep it. What else does a political party aim to do? However, in their quest for power, they should be offering policie...
I think we would be arguing semantics. The free market is supposed to ensure the most efficient use of resources, and that happens by allocating resou...
I don't mean to imply that making money is bad, but it is a free market's sole function, everything else that it provides is a by-product of that func...
imo the free market and democracy are based on the same principles. People themselves decide what succeeds and what fails. The difference between the ...
I think we are somewhat on the same page. I don't disagree with most of what you say. I guess the answer to the question is that the parents must inst...
Its heartening to hear that my arguments are cogent enough for you to agree. I was not really suggesting direct democracy as a solution, but pointing ...
I disagree vehemently! :) What you are doing is re-stating 'lead, follow or get out of the way'. This is THE enormous flaw we aim to fix! If you want ...
Its my opinion that no-one possesses the skill or knowledge to restrict what can or cannot be said spoken of, or expressed. Its a power that no-one sh...
Yes of course I am trying to make converts. I told you that at the start. I am presenting the the option as well as I can. Why not? However, I address...
No. This is the entire point of having NOTA. If you are in a Tory safe seat and don't approve of the Tory candidate, no matter your views, you can cho...
There are inherent limits to the amount of power a democracy confers. Democracy is based on popular sovereignty ie all power is vested in the people. ...
There is no moral justification for having someone in office who does not have the consent of majority in a democracy. If you think democracy is meani...
This is why I am in 2 minds about the experiment route. I would rather have this option just be put on the ballot without giving anyone a chance to fi...
Aha. I was waiting for this take. This is a common misconception. Please bear with me, I don't know in which constituency you live, but the inclusion ...
I am in 2 minds about this. I understand where you are coming from, if we lived in an ideal world where people tried things out in good faith, I would...
Can you be more specific? Advancing this reform is an uphill battle, as even though I think the arguments are unassailable, those who already hold pow...
So you think that even if more than 50% choose NOTA we should still have the election declare a winner. Well, ok then. No-one is forcing you to choose...
You think its better the seat be filled with someone who the majority dont want in power, as opposed to having someone who does have the consent of th...
The doctor might tell you that you are ill, so don't go to the doctor? Its a very odd way of looking at things. You think that the level of public dis...
That is not the fault of NOTA. That scenario is demonstrating that no candidate is capable in receiving the consent of the majority. Its like the doct...
It would be an additional option on the ballot. It should be used, not just when you don't have anyone for whom you wish to vote, but if the election ...
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