tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post8520885220609915259..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Mix, Match and VoteAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-66320033063411401432011-05-12T03:36:52.754+00:002011-05-12T03:36:52.754+00:00We're all right. And Elizabeth May won her sea...We're all right. And Elizabeth May won her seat, so maybe the Greens were right, too.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-91741866639556505022011-05-12T03:36:52.755+00:002011-05-12T03:36:52.755+00:00Oh and Foggy is right, too. I read the explanation...Oh and Foggy is right, too. I read the explanation in a textbook I'd taken back to the library, and didn't remember the three Yorkshire districts so I looked them up on a website that turned out to be incorrect. Apparently it's a common error because there was a work of fiction set in South Yorkshire.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-15446364471651194152011-05-11T05:02:48.323+00:002011-05-11T05:02:48.323+00:00Anonymous is half right, the aircraft is from Flai...Anonymous is half right, the aircraft is from Flair, subbed out to Enerjet (It flew under an Enerjet callsign and flight number).Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-81984087933462782332011-05-03T10:17:47.165+00:002011-05-03T10:17:47.165+00:00Aviatrix,
I am really sorry to have to do this, b...Aviatrix,<br /><br />I am really sorry to have to do this, but, Yorkshire was made up of three Ridings and the City of York up to the "Local Government(?)" reorganisation of, I believe, 1973.<br /><br />The Ridings were: North Riding, West Riding, and East Riding. There has been, is not, and never will be a "South Riding" of Yorkshire. Parts of The East Riding of Yorkshire became "South Yorkshire" in the reorganisation; other parts went into "North Yorkshire" and some to an entity referred to as "Humberside".<br /><br />I was born in the North Riding of Yorkshire and, like many of my fellow "Yorkists", continue to refer to the North, West and East Ridings, and the City.Foggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392176896366273381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-31772446847298235252011-05-02T16:29:58.371+00:002011-05-02T16:29:58.371+00:00I'd be loath to suggest that a system that all...I'd be loath to suggest that a system that allows for orderly governing transitions among multiple parties (3 in the last 20-odd years; plus about five opposition parties) is in grave need of reform.<br /><br />That said, a preferential ballot may encourage more minor parties to spring up and stick around. In Australia, however, the effect is to have two major, nearly institutional grand coalitions (right and left).Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514653089603456867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-80540634372274727982011-05-02T16:22:16.169+00:002011-05-02T16:22:16.169+00:00Ms. May has literally used trains, planes, and aut...Ms. May has literally used <a href="http://greenparty.ca/media-release/2011-04-17/schedule-advisory-elizabeth-may-monday-april-18-2011" rel="nofollow">trains</a>, <a href="http://greenparty.ca/media-release/2011-04-18/schedule-advisory-elizabeth-may-tuesday-april-19-2011" rel="nofollow">planes, and automobiles</a>, and ferries too, for that matter.<br /><br />The Greens have made a deliberate decision to emphasize Ms. May winning a seat rather than national campaigning, though. You can see that those two travel days were from mid-April, and since then her itineraries have hardly budged from Saanich-Gulf Islands, which means mostly ferry boats and cars (maybe she rides her bike around the riding?)Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514653089603456867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-17137058572501139822011-05-02T14:58:07.450+00:002011-05-02T14:58:07.450+00:00Oh I really made a mess of this blog posting with ...Oh I really made a mess of this blog posting with those pictures, didn't I? I promise it looked pretty on the preview screen.<br /><br />And yes, Canada needs a voting system reform, but it's difficult to make it happen because at any time the party in power got there on the strength of the broken system we have now. When the right of centre vote was split among multiple parties and the Liberals had power, they liked it that way, and then when the right united under one banner and took power, they didn't want to change a system that's working for them now. <br /><br />And yup, you'd expect I'd have to be at an airport in Québec to see the BQ campaign airplane, wouldn't I? And Québec is such a big province.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-80724820437981330942011-05-02T12:38:22.896+00:002011-05-02T12:38:22.896+00:00I was wondering what a political party could do to...I was wondering what a political party could do to lose my vote quicker than waging aggressive war — yes, autodialling would probably work.Edhttp://edavies.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-86351027657772247002011-05-02T07:35:18.266+00:002011-05-02T07:35:18.266+00:00Truthfully, I'd like to see the NDP get a crac...Truthfully, I'd like to see the NDP get a crack as the official opposition. I'm curious to see how and where they would make concessions on their ideologies, as is necessary when applying ideals to practical situations. I'm not especially hopeful, but I am curious.Atlanta Roofinghttp://www.hotfrog.com/Companies/Atlanta-Roofing-Resourcesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-79849363146742501722011-05-02T06:02:36.244+00:002011-05-02T06:02:36.244+00:00I wonder where Aviatrix was (and what she was doin...I wonder where Aviatrix was (and what she was doing) that she saw a BQ bus on the tarmac? Obviously somewhere in Quebec...Wardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-65115267773725241852011-05-02T05:34:09.375+00:002011-05-02T05:34:09.375+00:00I believe that the Liberal aircraft is leased from...I believe that the Liberal aircraft is leased from Flair, not Enerjet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-90161436762386835412011-05-02T04:30:12.632+00:002011-05-02T04:30:12.632+00:00@Rob42, we use first-past-the-post. There was a re...@Rob42, we use first-past-the-post. There was a referendum on a preferential voting similar (iirc) to Australia's in the 2008 election; it failed to gain enough support to pass.<br /><br />I believe the main federal parties are against preferential ballots as it would give more power to smaller parties (at their expense).Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-73777501635708342972011-05-02T02:03:34.207+00:002011-05-02T02:03:34.207+00:00So what voting system do you use in Canada, and do...So what voting system do you use in Canada, and do you like it? In Australia, we've used preferential voting for decades, and everyone seems content with it, but it's been the subject of a lot of controversy in the UK, where they are considering changing from a "first past the post" system to a preferential system...Rob42noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-25893129468161024832011-05-02T01:22:51.575+00:002011-05-02T01:22:51.575+00:00... and if the leader of the party with the most s...... and if the leader of the party with the most seats fails to win the confidence of the House, the Governor General may ask a different party leader to try and form a government. That's what makes this election so exciting for a politics nerd like me.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830012171606754932noreply@blogger.com