{"id":1189,"date":"2019-11-12T16:56:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T16:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phenweb.wordpress.com\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2025-06-19T19:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:18:04","slug":"we-wont-be-asked-to-vote-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phenweb.co.uk\/es\/we-wont-be-asked-to-vote-on\/","title":{"rendered":"We Won’t Be Asked To Vote On…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some things that we won’t be promised or asked to vote on, by the main parties in the election<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Reduction in MPs from 650 to 500 with attendant boundary changes<\/li>
  2. MPs deselected that do not take up seats e.g. NI parties that don’t<\/li>
  3. Proportional representation introduction outside NI – mentioned in Lib Dems last time but not by main parties<\/li>
  4. Lords reform – to voted for chamber (power away from House of Commons)<\/li>
  5. Fixed term limits for Prime Minister or MPs e.g. See Costa Rica 4 years for President 8 years for MP equivalent<\/li>
  6. Tax take must equal or be more than government spend and borrowing cost – no deficit increase<\/li>
  7. Any hope that any manifesto might get implemented with thought for unintended consequences – see 6 for spending commitments<\/li>
  8. Understanding by any MP of unintended consequences see 6 and 7<\/li>
  9. Understanding by any political party that it takes years to train doctors, nurses, teachers therefore you cannot magic more in a couple of years unless imported from abroad thus denying other countries’ their health\/teaching<\/li>
  10. That Donald Trump has no vote in UK Election, nor does any other foreign politician (including EU). Their opinions are irrelevant, and should be ignored especially tweets<\/li>
  11. If you don’t vote for who you want to represent you do not complain when someone else is elected – introduce compulsory voting<\/li>
  12. Challenge those who are asking for your vote how they will vote on the issues. Sue them for breach of contract if they don’t!<\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Some things that we won’t be promised or asked to vote on, by the main parties in the election Reduction in MPs from 650 to 500 with attendant boundary changes MPs deselected that do not take up seats e.g. NI parties that don’t Proportional representation introduction outside NI – mentioned in Lib Dems last time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[199,242,288,457,537,548,566,599,781,782],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary-blogs","tag-donald-trump","tag-eu","tag-general-election","tag-manifesto","tag-parliament","tag-philip-g-henley","tag-politics","tag-reform","tag-uk","tag-uk-election"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t