Vikings and elections
May. 6th, 2005 01:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieCan someone explain the British electoral process to me? (I know, I could Google it. I'm lazy. I'm also about to go to bed.) From watching the BBC this week, I've gotten the impression that voters get to vote for one representative from their district, and then the party that returns the most people to Parliament gets to powwow amongst themselves and choose a Prime Minster. Do I have this even vaguely correct, or is there some way in which the Prime Minister is more directly elected?
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Your Viking Name is...
Herdís Dogchaser
(Well, actually, that wouldn't really be your name -- since you're female, your name would be something like "Herdís Björnsdottir". But this is the twenty-first century, and you want to be known for who you are, not for who your father was, right? Right.)
Your Viking Personality: The tougher Vikings might let you on the boat, but generally only when they need ballast. Both your friends and your enemies think you're a little weird. You might be able to hold your own on the battlefield, but you're no "berserker".
You would have a very tough time making a long sea voyage in a Viking longboat. Vikings make fun of you all the time. Not always behind your back, either.
You have a fairly pragmatic attitude towards life, and tend not to expend effort in areas where it would be wasted. Other people tend to think of you as manipulative and conniving.
Get your Viking Name
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Your Viking Name is...
Herdís Dogchaser
(Well, actually, that wouldn't really be your name -- since you're female, your name would be something like "Herdís Björnsdottir". But this is the twenty-first century, and you want to be known for who you are, not for who your father was, right? Right.)
Your Viking Personality: The tougher Vikings might let you on the boat, but generally only when they need ballast. Both your friends and your enemies think you're a little weird. You might be able to hold your own on the battlefield, but you're no "berserker".
You would have a very tough time making a long sea voyage in a Viking longboat. Vikings make fun of you all the time. Not always behind your back, either.
You have a fairly pragmatic attitude towards life, and tend not to expend effort in areas where it would be wasted. Other people tend to think of you as manipulative and conniving.
Get your Viking Name
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Date: 2005-05-06 01:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-06 03:19 am (UTC)Typically the leader is elected well before the election, and not chosen afterwards.
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Date: 2005-05-06 08:10 am (UTC)Typically the leader is elected well before the election, and not chosen afterwards.
But what do you do if you hate all the candidates from your district except for the guy running under Party X, but you can't stand the guy (or girl) Party X has picked for PM? I do get the impression that in the UK, each party has more standardized planks than in the US, so that's less likely (if only by virtue of the fact that there are more parties), but it still seems kind of limiting.
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Date: 2005-05-06 08:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-06 01:27 pm (UTC)In a lot of ways it's a lot less complicated than the US electoral system, and politicians actually have to answer difficult questions on occasion. I'd love to see GWB be hauled into Congress for "question time" every week, where any member can ask as difficult a question as they like, and either the PM or one of the cabinet ministers must answer - in at least some way shape or form.
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Date: 2005-05-08 03:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-09 08:59 am (UTC)