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Bonkers, really. Labour got 1.8% more than in 2019. Which, remember, was their ‘worst result since the 1930s’. The key figure tho: the combined vote of the big 2 is 58.5%. In 2010 it was 65% - and that was the lowest it had been for the 2 largest parties since 1918.

I just can’t get past Labour winning 65% of seats off 34% of the vote. Absolutely wild mismatch between the headline result and, well, everything else. Britain is now a multi-party system, and first-past-the-post can’t cope.

I've updated my imagined demarcation of South Africa into 200 single-member constituencies for 2024. Interactive map with more data at constmap.frith.dev Blog post with explanation at adrian.frith.dev/single-member-…

David Jeffery-Schwikkard That is true. The alternative of expanding the size of the National Assembly would of course be immensely unpopular with everyone except the prospective MPs.

😂 @sthembete we have been given a mandate

I've moved over to the other social media site (uh, the one with a colour in its name). I've made a 'starter pack' there of accounts that cover SA politics. Come join and be part of the list!

South Africa Twitter - Does anyone have statistics on how many parents have been convincted of corporal punishment? I can only find the case in Centurion from last year.