A lot of stuff is being said by worn out commentators, some of which is just not true. The truth lies in the figures. Here are some interesting ones. There will be more in the coming days but these are the basics mid-morning Friday.
That Stonking Great Mandate
The total number of votes cast for the Tories and the Brexit Party was
14,583,409
The total number of votes cast for the parties opposed to Boris’s Brexit, Labour, Lib Dems, Scot Nats, Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, the DUP and Greens was
16,654,064
Our first past the post archaic and unsuitable voting system for Westminster elections gave Boris seats yes, but he is two million votes short of a national mandate for his single issue Brexit plan.
Our Democracy
For 13.94 million votes the Tories won 364 seats
For 10.29 million votes Labour won 203 seats
For 3.67 million votes the Lib Dems won 11 seats
For 1.24 million voes the SNP won 48 seats
For 244 thousand votes the DUP won 8 seats
For 864 thousand votes the Greens won 1 seat.
This is completely ridiculous. It is not fit for purpose. Every vote must have the same value and every party must, above a reasonable minimum threshold, gain seats in proportion to their support.