8 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Yes they can retake as many times as they wish at no cost. If they can't be arsed to learn the basics of democracy then why should they vote. Simples..

Oh yes! Very simples.

38 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

40 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

1, C, 2, C, 3, B, 4, C, 5, B, 6, D, 7, B, 8, B, 9, B, 10, B.

Well done and I don't even care if you cheated becuse you made the effort that's the point - now how many of you expat blowhards actually bother to vote - be honest !

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/who-can-vote/voting-if-you-live-overseas

Result

Score: 10/10
Percentage: 100%

Pass mark (75%): PASSED

This would comfortably qualify for the electoral roll under your proposed system.

8 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

I shall make you Chancellor along with 30p Lee at the Treasury. Thta's not policy just a string of basically ramdom words.

That's not even English!

1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

A starter for 10 ...

Sample Exam: 10 Questions for the "Informed Electorate"

These questions focus on the mechanics of power, rather than shifting political opinions.

1. Who is the "Head of State" in the United Kingdom?

• A) The Prime Minister

• B) The Archbishop of Canterbury

• C) The Monarch

• D) The Speaker of the House

2. What is the primary role of the House of Lords?

• A) To propose the National Budget

• B) To represent the UK at the United Nations

• C) To check and challenge the work of the Government and fine-tune legislation

• D) To override the House of Commons on all tax matters

3. In a General Election, who are you directly voting for?

• A) The Prime Minister

• B) Your local Member of Parliament (MP)

• C) The Cabinet

• D) The Civil Service

4. How is the Prime Minister chosen?

• A) By a direct national public vote

• B) Appointment by the Chief Justice

• C) Usually as the leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons

• D) By a random ballot of MPs

5. What is the "Budget," and which government official is primarily responsible for it?

• A) A plan for law enforcement; The Home Secretary

• B) A plan for national spending and taxation; The Chancellor of the Exchequer

• C) A list of new laws; The Lord Chancellor

• D) A plan for foreign aid; The Foreign Secretary

6. Which of the following is NOT a devolved administration?

• A) The Scottish Government

• B) The Welsh Government

• C) The Northern Ireland Executive

• D) The London City Council

7. What does it mean if a country has a "Constitutional Monarchy"?

• A) The King or Queen makes all the laws

• B) The Monarch's powers are limited by a set of rules and traditions

• C) There is no Parliament

• D) The Monarch is elected every 5 years

8. What is the maximum period between General Elections in the UK?

• A) 4 years

• B) 5 years

• C) 10 years

• D) There is no limit

9. What is the "Official Opposition"?

• A) The party that came last in the election

• B) The second-largest party in the House of Commons

• C) A group of protesters

• D) The House of Lords

10. What is the role of the Judiciary (The Courts)?

• A) To create new laws

• B) To uphold the law and ensure the Government acts within its powers

• C) To manage the Police force

• D) To collect taxes

i gave this the red thumb because its a boring post. If I had a pair of breasts i'd be a woman but im not.

1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

A starter for 10 ...

Sample Exam: 10 Questions for the "Informed Electorate"

These questions focus on the mechanics of power, rather than shifting political opinions.

1. Who is the "Head of State" in the United Kingdom?

• A) The Prime Minister

• B) The Archbishop of Canterbury

• C) The Monarch

• D) The Speaker of the House

2. What is the primary role of the House of Lords?

• A) To propose the National Budget

• B) To represent the UK at the United Nations

• C) To check and challenge the work of the Government and fine-tune legislation

• D) To override the House of Commons on all tax matters

3. In a General Election, who are you directly voting for?

• A) The Prime Minister

• B) Your local Member of Parliament (MP)

• C) The Cabinet

• D) The Civil Service

4. How is the Prime Minister chosen?

• A) By a direct national public vote

• B) Appointment by the Chief Justice

• C) Usually as the leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons

• D) By a random ballot of MPs

5. What is the "Budget," and which government official is primarily responsible for it?

• A) A plan for law enforcement; The Home Secretary

• B) A plan for national spending and taxation; The Chancellor of the Exchequer

• C) A list of new laws; The Lord Chancellor

• D) A plan for foreign aid; The Foreign Secretary

6. Which of the following is NOT a devolved administration?

• A) The Scottish Government

• B) The Welsh Government

• C) The Northern Ireland Executive

• D) The London City Council

7. What does it mean if a country has a "Constitutional Monarchy"?

• A) The King or Queen makes all the laws

• B) The Monarch's powers are limited by a set of rules and traditions

• C) There is no Parliament

• D) The Monarch is elected every 5 years

8. What is the maximum period between General Elections in the UK?

• A) 4 years

• B) 5 years

• C) 10 years

• D) There is no limit

9. What is the "Official Opposition"?

• A) The party that came last in the election

• B) The second-largest party in the House of Commons

• C) A group of protesters

• D) The House of Lords

10. What is the role of the Judiciary (The Courts)?

• A) To create new laws

• B) To uphold the law and ensure the Government acts within its powers

• C) To manage the Police force

• D) To collect taxes

On 5/8/2026 at 9:49 AM, Bday Prang said:

i know and there lies the problem, a reconciliation is required, they have some common ground, stopping the boats leaving the ECHR, deporting the illegals get that sorted and worry about the trivialities and details afterwards, a compromise is always possible

Just out of interest, how many illegals do you think there are in UK? What ethnicity do you think they are? Will you be including asylum seekers in your figures?

4 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

That's not even English!

That doesn't matter we're done with experts and stuff we will probably spend a lot of time with Nigel in No 10 garden drinking and smoking and getting insider tips of what to bet on whilst employing fit babe SPADS to do all the hard work anmd we will roll back woke legislation and civil service code that forbids saying - corrr luv I would love to look inside you red box ! That's the plan.

Just now, youreavinalaff said:

Just out of interest, how many illegals do you think there are in UK? What ethnicity do you think they are? Will you be including asylum seekers in your figures?

That can go in the test Refrom voters will probably answer 10 million so won't pass.

37 minutes ago, stevenl said:

True, but not because they moved to the left. The working class has been made to believe immigrants are threatening them, where in reality it's the big companies.

Well stevenl put it this way if you walked into any council office in the Country and asked them to put you on a housing list you will be shown the door, if an illegal from Senegall with his 5 kids in tow walks in he gets the house first all new Furniture the lot oh and a new Mobile phone with free credit this is what Labour is doing to the hard working man.

8 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

Just out of interest, how many illegals do you think there are in UK? What ethnicity do you think they are? Will you be including asylum seekers in your figures?

There are over 200,000 not including lorry jumpers and visa runners.

2 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

Well stevenl put it this way if you walked into any council office in the Country and asked them to put you on a housing list you will be shown the door, if an illegal from Senegall with his 5 kids in tow walks in he gets the house first all new Furniture the lot oh and a new Mobile phone with free credit this is what Labour is doing to the hard working man.

Big corporations with the biggest income discrepancy ever are the cause of issues, not immigration. You've fallen for the ruse, just as many did in the late 1930's.

10 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

Just out of interest, how many illegals do you think there are in UK? What ethnicity do you think they are? Will you be including asylum seekers in your figures?

Anywhere between 700k and 1.2mn. Does the ethnicity matter ?

Edited May 9May 9 by blaze master

10 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Well done and I don't even care if you cheated becuse you made the effort that's the point - now how many of you expat blowhards actually bother to vote - be honest !

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/who-can-vote/voting-if-you-live-overseas

Result

Score: 10/10
Percentage: 100%

Pass mark (75%): PASSED

This would comfortably qualify for the electoral roll under your proposed system.

Sadly I will never vote in any UK elections, sold up, and happily emigrated, never to go back.

Politics in the UK is a joke, it is a career, for the me, me, me, crowd, very few MP's, Councillors actually do anything for their electorate, it's an absolute joke.

The Labour Party will die, they got rid of the left-wing of the Party after the 2017 election, after a net gain of 30 seats with 40.0% (its highest vote share since 2001 and its highest increase in vote share between two general elections since 1945), because of Jeremy Corbyn a much maligned Leader by all and sundry, a huge mistake in my opinion, things could have been so different if the whole party had pulled together.

The Right-wings of UK politics will fight among themselves as usual and stick two fingers up to the electorate as they always do.

For me the UK is a lost cause, RIP.

1 hour ago, youreavinalaff said:

Just out of interest, how many illegals do you think there are in UK? What ethnicity do you think they are? Will you be including asylum seekers in your figures?

The fact that they are illegal, makes accurate figures impossible. However, independent estimates vary between 700,000 and 1.2 million; or to put it another way, at least 700,000 too many.

Their ethnicity is completely irrelevant, and I have no idea why you would ask.

And with most illegal immigrants arriving without passports, or any identification, it is impossible to know who, if any amongst them, has a right to claim asylum.

4 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Why does the left trot out the old 'extreme right wing' label when someone who doesn't agree with them pops their head above the parapets.

Nothing extreme right wing in evidence as far as I can see, just policies a lot of people apparently agree with.

Because they think it will shut us up.

Same as racist nazi bigot etc

Those days are long gone. I welcome people calling me that. It means they have run out of arguments.

Bring it on. Guess how many f's i give.

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Edited May 9May 9 by beautifulthailand99

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

Big corporations with the biggest income discrepancy ever are the cause of issues, not immigration. You've fallen for the ruse, just as many did in the late 1930's.

Is your name Pike?

9 hours ago, stevenl said:

Big corporations with the biggest income discrepancy ever are the cause of issues, not immigration. You've fallen for the ruse, just as many did in the late 1930's.

So you wont answer Acknowlege the answer i gave you ?? 200 ,000 coming over the Channel.

Starmer is desperate he has brought Gordon Brown back in as a special envoy on Global Financies is this not the role of the finance Chancellor ?? Who runs the dept Harriot Harmonor Gordon Browne ??

Edited May 9May 9 by BarraMarra

13 hours ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

I would have a simple citizenship test that you take online when you are 18 or older around 15–20 multiple-choice questions and you would need to get at least 75% correct to go on the electoral roll and be eligible to vote.

It would only be available in English, but it would be free and easily accessible through libraries, schools, universities, and similar public institutions.

If you cannot pass it, you cannot vote a kind of “Stop Idiots Voting Act.”

I quite like the idea.

Or a reverse version of no taxation without representation.

No ability to vote unless you actually pay tax. Let the taxpayer decide which party can spend their money. Not paying tax? Bad luck you don't get a vote.

The current system seems to be setup to encourage the non working people, especially those on Government benefits, to continue to vote for the so called progressive parties to keep the taxpayers money churning through to the non working (and unlikely to ever work) demographic and being wasted with little oversight of responsibility.

Tha apparent rise of the Islamist Green vote is also disturbing.

16 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Why does the left trot out the old 'extreme right wing' label when someone who doesn't agree with them pops their head above the parapets.

Nothing extreme right wing in evidence as far as I can see, just policies a lot of people apparently agree with.

Unfortunately the extreme right and their scapegoating is often popular (e.g. Germany in the 1930s). It's sad to see.

13 hours ago, Jeff the Chef said:

Sadly I will never vote in any UK elections, sold up, and happily emigrated, never to go back.

Politics in the UK is a joke, it is a career, for the me, me, me, crowd, very few MP's, Councillors actually do anything for their electorate, it's an absolute joke.

The Labour Party will die, they got rid of the left-wing of the Party after the 2017 election, after a net gain of 30 seats with 40.0% (its highest vote share since 2001 and its highest increase in vote share between two general elections since 1945), because of Jeremy Corbyn a much maligned Leader by all and sundry, a huge mistake in my opinion, things could have been so different if the whole party had pulled together.

The Right-wings of UK politics will fight among themselves as usual and stick two fingers up to the electorate as they always do.

For me the UK is a lost cause, RIP.

Even though, like me, you've emigrated, you can still vote in UK elections.

10 hours ago, nauseus said:

Is your name Pike?

nearly , but you missed out the "r" and the "c" the "e" is not required

On 5/9/2026 at 3:34 AM, beautifulthailand99 said:

t'Liebore in t'Bexley and told my Thai wife to do same same.

did you tell her who to vote for in the Thai elections too? I bet you did

2 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Or a reverse version of no taxation without representation.

No ability to vote unless you actually pay tax. Let the taxpayer decide which party can spend their money. Not paying tax? Bad luck you don't get a vote.

The current system seems to be setup to encourage the non working people, especially those on Government benefits, to continue to vote for the so called progressive parties to keep the taxpayers money churning through to the non working (and unlikely to ever work) demographic and being wasted with little oversight of responsibility.

Tha apparent rise of the Islamist Green vote is also disturbing.

For me, the success of the Greens, Plaid Cymru and the SNP (all to the left of Labour) hold out some hope. A left-leaning coalition, possibly including some sensible Tories if any are left, maybe our best hope of stopping the move to the extreme.

15 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

Just out of interest, how many illegals do you think there are in UK? What ethnicity do you think they are? Will you be including asylum seekers in your figures?

I have no Idea how many illegals there are in the UK. and neither has anybody else, the simple answer is " too many" thats all we need to know. Furthermore , their nationality or "ethnicity" as you prefer to call it , is totally irrelevant to me as I am not a racist, So there.

The fact of the matter is that there are very very few genuine asylum seekers, if any , either in or intending to travel to the UK.

Those genuinely seeking asylum would obviously apply for it ( along with their families) in the nearest safe country. They would not be risking their lives travelling from france or belgium to the Uk and they would not be destroying their documents on arrival , For gods sake Its not rocket science

Keep the rapists and groomers out of the UK there are too many there already ( both homegrown and foreign)

Edited May 10May 10 by Bday Prang

6 hours ago, BarraMarra said:

So you wont answer Acknowlege the answer i gave you ?? 200 ,000 coming over the Channel.

Did you ask me a question?

Cause is easy, as has been pointed out many times already: Brexit.

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

For me, the success of the Greens, Plaid Cymru and the SNP (all to the left of Labour) hold out some hope

Is that anything to do with the Green Party now being institutionally antisemitic, or is more to do with the leader, mad Zack, being a tit-whisperer, who can enlarge women’s breasts through hypnotherapy ??

On 5/8/2026 at 12:42 PM, Social Media said:

Reform election earthquake leaves Starmer facing Labour revolt

Farage tears through Red Wall as pressure mounts on PM to quit

Keir Starmer was plunged into a full-scale political crisis overnight as Nigel Farage led a devastating Reform surge across Labour heartlands, triggering panic inside the governing party and fresh talk of a leadership coup.

Early council results pointed to a catastrophic night for Labour, with Reform smashing through once-safe strongholds across northern England and the Midlands while senior figures openly questioned whether Starmer can survive.

See also AN ORIGINAL story

Labour strongholds collapse

Reform ripped seats from Labour in councils that had been considered untouchable for generations.

Hartlepool, Tamworth, Redditch, Exeter and Tameside all slipped from Labour control or fell into chaos after huge swings to Farage’s insurgent party.

The symbolic damage was brutal in Tameside, where Labour lost dominance after 47 years.

In Halton, Labour lost 15 of the 16 seats it was defending to Reform. In Wigan, Reform swept almost every available seat, including 20 directly from Labour.

Traditional Red Wall territory across Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester also swung heavily toward Farage’s movement.

‘Historic change’ claims Farage

A jubilant Farage declared Britain’s political map had been permanently altered.

“I think what you’re witnessing is an historic change in British politics,” he said.

“Forget left-right. There is no more left-right. It is gone.”

The Reform leader claimed Labour was being “wiped out” across working-class areas that once formed the backbone of its electoral coalition.

Labour mutiny begins

The scale of the losses immediately unleashed open warfare inside Labour ranks.

Jonathan Brash demanded change “at the top of the Labour Party” after his wife lost her council seat in Hartlepool to Reform candidates.

Senior Labour figures are now reportedly manoeuvring behind the scenes as panic spreads through Westminster.

Three names are already circulating heavily as possible successors: Angela Rayner, Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham.

Reports also suggested Ed Miliband has privately urged Starmer to consider setting a departure timetable.

Cabinet splits emerging

Publicly, ministers attempted to hold the line.

David Lammy warned Labour not to play “pass the parcel” with the leadership, insisting replacing Starmer again would not solve the party’s deeper problems.

But insiders admitted nerves are shredding at the top of government.

Downing Street is reportedly considering an emergency reshuffle before all results are even declared, while Starmer is preparing a major speech aimed at calming furious MPs and reasserting control.

Britain’s two-party system shaken

The results are rapidly turning into something larger than a difficult local election night.

Both Labour and the Conservative Party appear to be haemorrhaging support simultaneously, while Reform and the Green Party of England and Wales surge from opposite directions.

In Wales, Labour’s decades-long grip on power looks under serious threat, while Reform could emerge as a major opposition force in both Cardiff and Scotland.

A leadership countdown may now be underway

Many Labour MPs had privately hoped the local elections would merely be difficult. Instead, the early numbers suggest something far worse — a revolt by working-class voters who only recently returned Labour to power nationally.

The biggest fear now gripping Westminster is not simply that Labour is losing votes.

It is that Reform has discovered a durable coalition powerful enough to permanently fracture Britain’s political landscape — and that Starmer may not survive long enough to stop it.

SOURCE

Key points from the OP as follows:

"… tears … pressure …plunged … crisis … devastating …triggering panic .. coup… catastrophic ... smashing …collapse… ripped …damage … swept …wiped out …warfare …panic …shredding … shaken… haemorrhaging … surge … serious threat… revolt …fear …fracture …survive"

But that's what quoting the Daily Mail gets you. Utter gutter press tripe.

What I am seeing is there are swathes of local councils that are now under "No overall control" and that can't be a bad thing... unless you're firmly convinced that you can only be either hard Left or hard Right and never, EVER in the middle.

18 hours ago, nauseus said:

So all young British kids have to pass a test that, if they fail, nullifies citizens rights?

What a moment to look forward to.

Im sure he has it in Urdu too. Lets be fair, the English language is on the way out in Britain. I saw some of the left wing parties releasing ads in strange languages to appeal to the new top tier voters.

36 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Is that anything to do with the Green Party now being institutionally antisemitic, or is more to do with the leader, mad Zack, being a tit-whisperer, who can enlarge women’s breasts through hypnotherapy ??

Zack Polanksi is Jewish. I didn't know about his hypnotherapy skills!