Claire McNab1d ago

The tragicomedy of the UK's #YourParty continues to simultaneously generate tears of despair and howls of laughter. Factional ineptitude again.

The overwhelmingly-English UK leadership has refused to allow the Scottish leadership to contact Scottish members. Yes, really. Classic London party colonial treatment of the jocks.

So the leaders of #YourPartyScotland have resigned en masse, pledging to establish another new party.😅🤣

Report in The National: https://archive.is/AWrZq

#scotpol #ukpol

Show threadAngua 
@2legged

OK now i'll have Lesley Gore's Classic as an earworm for ages.

I've said it for years: the problems with the Party Political System are Political Parties and the mindset behind them.

Never belonged to one, had a cracking name for a new one (The Anti-Party Party) and feel like banging my head against a wall when all peeps can come up with is change the sodding voting system.

Sadly as amusing as the latest ... stooshie may be, it just shows noone has any original ideas.
Apr 13 at 5:25pmWeb
Show threadClaire McNab1d ago

@AnguaDelphine I feel a little more charitable to #YourParty.

They have some of the generic failings of humans, but the prime cause of their downfall is that they are swamped with the headbangers from the various Trot factions which are mostly infiltrated/controlled/wholly-owned by state agencies who get a very high return on their investments in disruption of the left.

Show threadAngua 1d ago
@2legged

Ah, would explain a lot.
I still dislike the basic system; whether it's that or regular corruption in established parties.
Show threadClaire McNab1d ago

@AnguaDelphine it's easy to note the many failings of political parties. But I'm not seeing any non-authoritarian alternatives, and this looks like the least worst option.

But I do strongly support STV elections, to reduce party control.