New Posts For Thread: Is Democracy in the UK still the best option?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-optionMy arguments against democracy in the UK are as follows:-80% uneducated electorate who do not vote based upon rational intelligent thought (harsh but true) -20% educated electorate cannot be expected to fully understand policy and hold govts to accouShrewdhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=556113645#556113645ShrewdTue, 04 Dec 2018 10:31:47 -0600DISABLIST REPORTEDhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922210#416922210DISABLIST REPORTEDThu, 12 Nov 2009 07:09:25 -0600It was electric, the boy could shift.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922198#416922198It was electric, the boy could shift.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:08:02 -0600you can hardly call Pinochet in a wheelchair fair gamehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922190#416922190you can hardly call Pinochet in a wheelchair fair gameThu, 12 Nov 2009 07:05:03 -0600Don't worry about me, Flea. I've upset REAL dictators in my time :)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922182#416922182Don't worry about me, Flea. I've upset REAL dictators in my time :)Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:04:11 -0600Thanks slicer - apart from living a couple of thousand miles too far North - I enjoyo boyo!Hope ewe do two :)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922150#416922150Thanks slicer - apart from living a couple of thousand miles too far North - I enjoyo boyo!Hope ewe do two :)Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:02:56 -0600Simon- the UK could be worse in that respect than it is now!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922138#416922138Simon- the UK could be worse in that respect than it is now!Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:50 -0600Orioles- true- but I am not dependind on the votes of assistant s-house cleaners - so I do not care if it is all too much for them!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922134#416922134Orioles- true- but I am not dependind on the votes of assistant s-house cleaners - so I do not care if it is all too much for them!Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:59:55 -0600In a FPTP democracy like the UK ,the voters that change governments are the swing voters who live in swing (ie typical of the average UK place) seats.These voters tend to be both educated,working yet unprivilged so are probably the best people to dechttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922130#416922130In a FPTP democracy like the UK ,the voters that change governments are the swing voters who live in swing (ie typical of the average UK place) seats.These voters tend to be both educated,working yet unprivilged so are probably the best people to decThu, 12 Nov 2009 06:59:30 -0600you're playing with fire, orioleshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23402242/is-democracy-in-the-uk-still-the-best-option?post_id=416922126#416922126you're playing with fire, oriolesThu, 12 Nov 2009 06:58:02 -0600