Comment on Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging British Prime Minister Starmer to rethink his AI copyright plans

• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wait, so in all these years that Europeans have been making fun of dumb Americans for having a two party system, and for having no real left wing options, the UK has been basically the same?

  Yes, that’s why Europeans make fun of both the UK and its former colony.

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• Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Kind of, its a little more complicated than that, I think its probably more accurate to say they have their own issues. The UK system is pretty different from the shitshow in the US.

  They also use FPTP but have no electoral college and multiple parties including 4 major parties. So while there are multiple parties, in any given electorate you really need to vote for the party you hate the least that has a chance of winning. The two parties in an electorate that have a chance of winning varies across electorates and regions. They also have the House of Lords instead of a senate with members of House mostly being appointed (for life) rather than elected.

  So … its own nonsense. Still seems less shithouse than the US system.

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  • trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For life you say? Appointed? Sounds like someone already won in life and could retire at birth (owners class) then got punished by having to show up every once in a while to “make laws”.

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    • Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I think they like the free money, the old money boys club and the chances to tell the poora whats best for them …

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    • jamescrakemerani@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Lords in the UK get a tax free allowance of £323 for every day they actually turn up to work. But nothing actually forces them to show up.

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• godownloadacar@lemmy.cafe ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes. So is France.

  But at least you can vote for a proper left wing party. The social democrats will whine at you but they can’t say you’re secretly voting for the right since they’re the one refusing a broad left coalition

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• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We’ve been making fun of the UK too, you dummie

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• TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Always has been.

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• ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Australia too.

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  • Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Australias Labor party is sits slightly progressive and slightly left of centre, the greens sits hard left/progressive, given we have more than 8 parties, 4 of which could be considered major parties with 2 of those in the left and none of the issues associated with FPTP and that electoral college nonsense I think Australia is doing alright in the scheme of things, especially compared with the US and UK.

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