Tomato Soup
@souptomatosoup.uk
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Anything posted here are my personal views. Anonymised UK policy generalist with far too much experience, especially economic, tax, and international. Preferred pronouns: They/Them/Their. @souptomatosoup on twitter Banner credit @pickardje.bsky.social
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irst Past the Post (FPTP) distorts the inputs and outcomes of elections.

Not only do most votes get ignored, but most voters are forced to "vote tactically" rather than for who they actually want.

We need #ElectoralReform.
A table that shows the outcome of the 2024 UK general election, for each party it includes their % vote share, The seats based on that % of the 650 available in the house of Commons, the seats they actually won under first past the post, and the difference between the two figures as a plus or minus.

There is too much data to reproduce in alt text, but any user that would like is proactivly invited to message me and I will supply the excel spreadsheet and or explain all of the data shown.

The headline is that Labour got 193 more seats than their vote share would grant, Conservative got 33 less, Lib dem and SNP both got 7 less, Sinn Fein got 2 more, Independents who won seats got enough votes for 13 but only 6 seats (so 7 less). Reform UK got 88 less and Green got 40 less.

Please do not hesitate to contact ‪@souptomatosoup.uk‬ if you want more information than what is offered in the alt text.
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It’s the motive behind most of their idiotic policy
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There are many silly people saying silly things on social media

The entire immigration pose is attempting to appeal to the fascist vote, which will always fail and instead only legitimise them.
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Just to say, I hope you take nothing I say as anything offensive.

I follow you because I value your content and insight. It’s just this one element I feel harms that content.

Hope you’re having a good week ❤️
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I’m not saying it has parity.

But in terms of these absurd visa requirements, they fail to pay due attention to even UK residents.
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But, it needs to be recognised that there are other functional and viable first languages in the UK.

There is a dark history of English rulers trying to eradicate the identities of wales etc. the language especially.

This casual disregard happens a lot, and rightly riles up those voters
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True, but being able to speak a secondary language for day to day life is different.

I have family who speak Welsh as a first language in the UK, but know English for day to day life too.
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Welsh is a first language in some parts of Patagonia
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I know it isn't the important point and I know it's tedious to repeat this but really - the Welsh language has equal status in Wales and government press offices should regularly get this right.
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unmedicated adhd that I experienced. Basically I couldn’t read anything without giggling for the first day and a half.
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Oh I am aware of just how rubbish this mess of meat I am stuck living in is.

The blood pressure meds are mostly because of the adhd meds, stimulants increase BP, so if I lack one I am ok for both.

Though there is a very weird interaction for calcium channel blockers(blood pressure) and
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I rattle like a tube of smarties in the morning, lots of meds for different things, like depression, adhd, blood pressure etc

Nothing that I NEED to live, only to get my brain to work, and heinous withdrawal symptoms.

But could have some not fun interactions
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Yeah, it’s less a dependency, more than I am full of potent chemicals that have interactions they may need to consider.

They need to check, so I don’t want to mislead with “no meds”.
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And for the last time:

There are other ways to make the same points.

I have implored both sides to stop with the angry back and forth. I’m fed up of abuse in my timeline

I hope it improves, but I’m done trying to make this or any other point here lest I just blow my own brains out in frustration.
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And they think similarly of you

Nothing good comes of engaging with the other
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The point is that just because someone is wrong does not mean it must be corrected.

The “debunk” framing doesn’t improve the quality of the points being made, it detracts from them with the aggravation that results.
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The irony is that today is also International E-Waste Day. Wonder how much this will contribute to the pile.
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This is the sort of assuming bad faith of the other that you both do now, and why it’s impossible to have a productive discussion between.

And why I encourage both to start ignoring the other exists.
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if you skip the tagging/screenshotting it doesn’t devolve into unpleasantness, and can instead be a contribution of value.

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Millions of people say incorrect things every day, there is no need to challenge them all.

The back and forth of disagreement between you two is unproductive at this point.

If you see false points being made and want to do a thread of facts that’s great, and…

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Sigh

Can perhaps have a more substantive version of this discussion in DMs in the future, right now, I am about to board a train though and intend to nap.
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A lot of irony in that, and no psychoanalysis involved.

Though potentially an element of my neurodiversity taking words more literally than intended. It has been known to happen.
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I don’t have the energy to take this thread further, just suffice to say I have seen LOTS of the back and forth on this and there is a lot of misunderstanding involved.