Comments on: links for 2008-05-03 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:42:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: schrodingerspig http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-39653 schrodingerspig Sun, 04 May 2008 18:58:22 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/#comment-39653 Many thanks for the link Justin. I don't think I was prepared for people actually reading it :) schrodingerspig's latest blog post... <a href="http://schrodingerspig.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/an-open-letter-to-labour-mp%E2%80%99s-from-labour-voters/" rel="nofollow">An open letter to Labour MPs from Labour voters.</a> Many thanks for the link Justin. I don’t think I was prepared for people actually reading it :)

schrodingerspig’s latest blog post… An open letter to Labour MPs from Labour voters.

]]> By: one night in bangkok http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-39652 one night in bangkok Sun, 04 May 2008 16:19:48 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/#comment-39652 [EDITED: Let's try and keep this slightly entertaining if we can't keep it civil, eh? Let's try and elevate it above 'X is a fucking Y'. Also, if you're going to leave comments under varying aliases, remember that I can see your IP address and know that you're the same person. Sock puppets be gone from this place.] [EDITED: Let's try and keep this slightly entertaining if we can't keep it civil, eh? Let's try and elevate it above 'X is a fucking Y'. Also, if you're going to leave comments under varying aliases, remember that I can see your IP address and know that you're the same person. Sock puppets be gone from this place.]

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-39649 Justin Sun, 04 May 2008 11:38:44 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/#comment-39649 Yeah, the post's gone from her site. It was a picture of Boris with the caption of 'For when Dame Shirley Porter is not enough'. Made me laugh anyway. Yeah, the post’s gone from her site. It was a picture of Boris with the caption of ‘For when Dame Shirley Porter is not enough’. Made me laugh anyway.

]]> By: D-Notice http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-39646 D-Notice Sun, 04 May 2008 10:39:02 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/#comment-39646 The link to Rachel's article doesn't work D-Notice's latest blog post... <a href="http://d-notice.blogspot.com/2008/05/oh-fuck.html" rel="nofollow">Oh fuck!</a> The link to Rachel’s article doesn’t work

D-Notice’s latest blog post… Oh fuck!

]]> By: MatGB http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/comment-page-1/#comment-39633 MatGB Sat, 03 May 2008 13:07:09 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/#comment-39633 "<i>turnout at 45%...absolutely bloody terrible for democracy.</i>" Substantial increase on last time and an even bigger increase from the first time. So while it's still low, it's bloody high for a non-General election and much better than it has in the past been. Also proves the reformists point that contested elections increase turnout—people thought this one would be close, not a foregone conclusion, so actually bothered. Given that the odds of any individual vote actually mattering in a vote that big is infinetismal, that as many as they did turned out confounds a lot of polling theory. I'm happy, and hope it'll go up again in 4 years. MatGB's latest blog post... <a href="http://matgb.livejournal.com/304015.html" rel="nofollow">Text reactions to those elections</a> “turnout at 45%…absolutely bloody terrible for democracy.”

Substantial increase on last time and an even bigger increase from the first time. So while it’s still low, it’s bloody high for a non-General election and much better than it has in the past been.

Also proves the reformists point that contested elections increase turnout—people thought this one would be close, not a foregone conclusion, so actually bothered.

Given that the odds of any individual vote actually mattering in a vote that big is infinetismal, that as many as they did turned out confounds a lot of polling theory. I’m happy, and hope it’ll go up again in 4 years.

MatGB’s latest blog post… Text reactions to those elections

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