2019 Twitter review (Sept - Dec)

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Here is a look back at some Tweets from 2019:


























Comment on at least one of the stories in the tweets.

Comments

Sir Joseph said…
Hi Graham,

I have seen this tweet (General election 2019) and it´s worth for me. There are different words which I didn´t know it but others yes. It´s a surprise for me that in the electoral English system you have to pay money if you want to participate in canvassing. I see that you must deposit a 500 pounds to run for Parliament. The parties paid this money sometimes but the candidate themselves paid too. If they win 5 % or more of the votes Parliament will get back it. In this way people have to think if they are going to present to canvassing.

There are 650 constituencies in the UK. Constituency is a geographical area what contains voters elect. During the hustings, each party distributes its manifiesto which is a brochure containing policies and ideas to convince their voters. It seem that if a party wins it require that it fulfils this manifiesto. Will be it true? I have serious doubts.

Another interesting thing is that there is a safe seat. If a MP had won by a large number of votes in the previous election he would have the right to maintain his previous seat, that is, safe seat. I don´t know how many votes would be necessary, but I suppose that he should have more than 30 per cent votes of constituency.

Other words are "tactical voting", "dissolution of Parliament", "hung Parliament" (absolute majority), "postal vote", "opinion poll" or "exit poll" (poll which has place after people voted) that have the same meaning as in Spain.

See you.
Saturday, 22 February, 2020
Graham said…
Good evening José,

I thought you would have skipped making a comment in the blog on Saturday for some reason but I must have misunderstood.

We have the "first past the post" system in the UK, which means that the winner of a seat is the candidate who recieves the most votes. There are those who argue that it is unfair and we should adopt a form of proportional representation.



I have seen this tweet (General election 2019) and it's been worth reading. There are different words which I didn´t know but others I did. It´s a surprise for me that in the English electoral system you have to pay money if you want to participate in the elections. (canvass = to try to get someone to vote for you) I see that you must deposit 500 pounds to run for Parliament. The parties usually pay this money but the candidates sometimes pays the money themselves. If they win 5 % or more of the votes Parliament, they will get it back. This way, people have to think if they are going to put themselves forward for election.

There are 650 constituencies in the UK. A constituency is a geographical area which contains / which is made up of voters. During the hustings, each party distributes its manifiesto which is a brochure containing policies and ideas to convince the voters. It seems that if a party wins, it is required to fulfils the manifiesto. Can it be true? I have serious doubts.

Another interesting thing is that there is a safe seat. If an MP had won by a large number of votes in the previous election, he would have the right to maintain the same seat, that is, a safe seat. I don´t know how many votes would be necessary, but I suppose that he should have more than 30 percent of votes in the constituency. (A safe seat is one that always votes for the same party - it is unlikely to change hands.)

Other words are "tactical voting", "dissolution of Parliament", "hung Parliament" (no one party has a majority), "postal vote", "opinion poll" or "exit poll" (a poll which is conducted after people voted) which has the same meaning as in Spain.


Monday, 24 February, 2020
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