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The Election Results Don’t Match the Voters – TLDR Explains
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As oil drilling moves closer to reality, we explore how it could transform the Falkland Islands’ economy, politics, and long-running sovereignty dispute with Argentina.
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FT Argentina Angered By Prospect of Oil Boom in Falklands
https://www.ft.com/content/ce25f41d-49e2-42e3-956e-dab0de9301e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
The Times Drilling to go Ahead at Sea Lion Oilfield
https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/drilling-confirmed-sea-lion-oil-field-rockhopper-falklands-5nz8npwpw
The Times Falkland Islands $4bn Oil Bonanza
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/falkland-islands-4bn-boost-oilfield-go-ahead-6crtkvqzk
Yahoo Finance The Falklands are Turning into a Mini Dubai
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/falklands-quietly-turning-next-dubai-180437990.html
BBC News Quick Guide: The Falklands Economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/in_pictures_the_falklands_economy/print.stm
0:00 How the Falklands are Becoming a Petrostate
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In this video, we’re going to have a look into the Clacton by-election, why the other parties have stood down, what Farage’s plan is, and why it seems like it may have already backfired.
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Telegraph Farage By-Election Gamble Turns to Farce
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/07/farage-resigns-but-by-election-gamble-turns-to-farce/
BBC News Farage’s Political Rivals Rule Out Standing in Clacton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdg4y3g0z7o
The Guardian Political Rivals Vow to Boycott By-Election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/nigel-farage-quits-as-mp-amid-scrunity-over-finances-clacton-reform
Politics Home Labour and Tories Refuse to Field Candidates
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-tories-refuse-stand-candidates-clacton-byelection
Politico Badenoch Says Farage Cracking Under the Pressure
https://www.politico.eu/article/kemi-badenoch-nigel-farage-pressure-by-election/
0:00 Nigel Farage vs Count Binface: The Clacton By-Election Explained
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@TLDRnews
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Looking through the comments it seems that a number of people think this video is in some way bias towards a specific ideology.
If the system were to change to PR then smaller parties from both sides of the aisle would benefit – the Brexit Party, the Lib Dems and the Greens would all pick up a significant number of additional seats.
In fact as we mentioned towards then end of the video parties across the political divide are calling for changes. In fact the Brexit Party's manfiesto contains some of the most radical constitutional changes.
Essentially my point is that highlighting the way the electoral system works isn't bias towards either side. Parties from both sides would benefit. Parties from both sides advocated for it.
You're more than welcome to disagree with PR, but to say that it's only being suggested because Labour lost is untrue. The Brexit Party have more to gain from PR than Labour do and that's why their manifesto is full of constitutional changes.
@stevensibbet5869
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
STV is by far the best PR voting system, it is both proportional and preferential with a built in threshold.
@slysnake5617
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Also important to note that voting patterns change a lot under a different voting system. Its highly likely the Lib Dems, and the greens (or even the majors) would've gotten more votes in a proportional system when you don't have to vote as strategically.
@user-dy4sb4db1s
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
I was impressed
@R-p-k
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Is this a landslide? UK elections have never been described as landslides if the majority was not around 100. This seems to me to be a large majority and a decisive win but not a landslide.
@akshat.jaiswal
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
3:21 and the brexit party got 1 seat for…… wait an infinite number of votes🥲
@Ch-xk5tv
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
FPTP is unfair, but in a Proportional System, MPs would lose the connection to their constituency.
The solution of the problem would be introducing the following electoral system:
1. All parties get their seats proportionally. e.g. if party X gets 10% of all votes for a parliament with 100 seats, it'll get 10 seats
2. The country is divided into constituencies. For party X, that gained 10 seats, the country is divided into 10 constituencies. Each constituency contains the same number of party X voters. For party Y, that gained 2 seats, the country is divided into 2 constituencies, with the equal number of party Y voters living there.
3. In each constituency the respective party announces candidates that run for the seat. Then the voters elect their representative amongst these candidates.
Every area of the country would be covered with as many constituencies as parties that made it into the parliament. For example, party A is the biggest, so it gained the largest number of constituencies. In each of them the people can choose their party A-representative. Party B, that gained only one seat, will get a single nation-wide constituency, where people can choose the only party B-representative.
This system would be proportional and it would contain single member constituencies, so that regional interests can be represented. Furthermore, EVERY representative would be voted in a single member constituency, unlike the Mixed-Member-System.
@MegaRockstar48
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
We have one main issue:
We are running a first past the post system built for approx 2 parties, but we have enough parties for a PR system…………this results in the tories winning by default
@ablinkin7492
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Copium
@alexlehrersh9951
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
The prolem with the representational system is that verey often the goverment is not voted by the voters,
For example all FDP voters are agaisnt the traffic light coalition in Gerany. Despite that t Lidner has chossen this
@jtrenoweth
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
First past the post is the worst way a country could run an election. If you need more parties to get a government the more of a say your people will get
@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
I like the irish system…
@barnacles1352
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Surprised brits still vote 3rd parties
@amyc9931
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Dude, I think we can safely say that Boris doesn't deserve to be there
@EmsiYTs
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
The LibDems are to blame if their coalition had been with labour and not Cameron then there would have been an electoral reform that could have made them a MAJOR party. In fact, you could link all of Britain's problems to silly Nick Clegg.
@rickenman9844
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
If the election used proportionate regional lists (1 list each for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland containing the current equivalent number of constituencies) the result would be:
283 Conservatives
210 Labour
75 Liberal Democrats
26 SNP
17 Green Party
14 Brexit Party
6 DUP
5 Plaid Cymru
4 Sinn Fein
3 Alliance
3 SDLP
2 UUP
2 UKIP
@goosegreen4008
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
First past the post is a dumb and un-democratic system.
@iainphillips3725
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
4:25 I disagree. He does not belong in No 10. Under PR Lib-Lab coalition powerful enough to be gov.
@barnacles1352
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
I dont really care if extreme parties get in, they wont really have power anyway
@ZetaArcticana4006
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
I’m not an expert on the topic but the first thing that I thought of to rectify the issue would be to merge the constituencies into larger ones, let’s say 5 before into 1 after. Then the people would vote for their representative and the top 5 would get a seat. While this system would still bring some bias I believe it would reduce the bias by a sizable amount while mostly maintaining the link between the candidate and their voters.
@theoelliott5944
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Under a proportional representation system, I assume Nigel Farage wouldn't have stood down all Brexit Party candidates in the 317 Conservative-held seats. And since those seats were the areas they likely would have performed better in, the Brexit Party would have won a lot more seats while the Conservatives lost more. They were polling at about 10% before Farage announced he would not contest any Conservative seats, and afterwards their support dropped by about half. I reckon they would have performed about as well as the Liberal Democrats did.
@thepap000
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
I quite like the current system
@leomcallister3549
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
I showed this video to a friend who did a degree in International Relations. He learned more about the British system from this video than the module on British politics in that degree hahaha
@flaviusaetius5701
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
STV is best IMO
@iainphillips3725
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Vote Labour
@collintrytsman3353
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
proportional representation is unworkable for effective government just look at Belgium etc how governments are hamstrung by coalitions which ends up watering down any policies due to co-lateral party interests
@adampage73
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
If you want PR, join Make Votes Matter
@thegreypoet9518
December 30, 2023 at 1:43 am
Pls look at Australia s system