yes. I firmly believe that if

they'd got their half dozen to however many MPs 10-15 years ago and since, their voices might have been heard in Parliament, and there would have been far less support for Brexit which, fundamentally, was carried by a significant chunk of the population protest voting on the back of not really having a voice in mainstream politics.

Posted By: CWC on February 22nd 2019 at 11:49:43

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Isn’t it amazing how many MPs there are you’ve never heard of? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 22, 10:13:52
- there are 650!! (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 22, 11:55:19
  - A lot of PPS's fly under the radar. Every now and again they pop up in the house.. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 22, 11:58:08
- Isn’t it amazing how many celebrities there are you’ve never heard of? (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Feb 22, 11:51:48
- I habitually misremember colleagues’ names in my office of 26 (General Chat) - King, Feb 22, 11:31:32
- For me that would be most of them (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 11:07:26
- Whichever party they defect from or to, or to what, should be incumbent on them... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 22, 10:45:07
  - Should Corbyn be forced to resign for lying to the electorate and his own party? (General Chat) - Ben, Feb 22, 11:48:33
    - Forming a coalition with the Tories isn’t far enough for many (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 11:52:59
      - He's going to have to back a 'People's vote' eventually, however much he wants to avoid it (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 22, 11:55:24
        
        Can’t see it (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 11:57:38
        
        Ultimately he's running down the clock so he doesn't have to as much as May is.. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 22, 11:59:12
  - Bit surprised by that (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 11:30:08
  - I disagree (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 22, 10:56:24
    - Utterly agree with the argument for PR. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 22, 10:58:22
      - Funny one PR (General Chat) - Men without hats, Feb 22, 11:29:06
      - Are you sure? Under PR UKIP would have had about 75 mps (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 22, 11:06:10
        
        yes. I firmly believe that if (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 22, 11:49:43
        
        Yeah. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Feb 22, 12:24:17
        
        This is what I was trying to say 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 22, 12:04:55
        
        I think it's a bit more complicated then that 😀 (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 22, 11:15:15
        
        yep, and thats why they won the last European Parliament elections. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 22, 11:08:47
        
        Good points. Politics is so frustrating at the moment. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 22, 11:10:24
        
        Never missed QT back in the day, now I just can't be arsed with it. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 22, 11:12:37
        
        I went off it too dubbers. but that new girl is damn good! (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 22, 11:17:36
        
        Did well first week (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 11:31:38
        
        “Damn good” (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 22, 11:19:52
  - There’s hardly ever been a precedent for it though. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 22, 10:53:43
    - There will be a general election in May anyway. BTFP (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 22, 10:56:18
      - June is what is more rumoured. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 22, 10:57:19
        
        you think so (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 22, 11:01:22
        
        He meant "By May".👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 22, 11:00:35
        
        ^^^ ITK (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 22, 10:57:50

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