Chapter 568

  British general elections must be held before the beginning of each parliamentary term. The longest term of office of the Congress is 5 years. The interval between the two general elections should exceed the time of the campaign and the formation of the new Congress. The next general election will be held on May 5, 2005.

  Every time the UK general election, the price of the real estate market will fluctuate. We must first understand the "voters" of the UK general election.

  The first step is to register as a voter. All citizens of England and Ireland who have reached the age of 18 or who will be 18 years old within 12 months from the date of publication of the election registration can register without the statutory loss of voting rights. Both can vote in the election of the House of Commons.

  The focus is on "living in electoral districts that require electoral registration." The residence time limit for military voters in electoral districts is at least one month, and the residence time limit for other ordinary voters in electoral districts is at least three months. A large number of seasonal workers without fixed jobs and residences lose their qualifications as voters.

  In other words, as long as a large number of seasonal workers without fixed jobs and residences live in houses in a constituency for three months before the election, they can vote, and at the same time they can vote for a designated person

  It is of course illegal to do so, and people will be reported as “election fraud”, but the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States can provide mortgage loans to people who are unable to repay. Why can't the UK give a large number of vacancies to people without fixed jobs?

  After several generations of immigrants, many Chinese have the right to be elected. What they need is votes. As long as the floating people are fixed, everyone wins. Why not?

The key is to provide them with job opportunities. This is also the reason for the parliamentary reform in the 19th century. Traditional agriculture provides less job opportunities than industry. Capitalists have money and some people, so the aristocracy controls the parliament for what reason, so the seats begin to be redistributed. Due to the outflow of population, some electoral districts lost their demographic advantage and began to decline, so they lost seats, lowered the property and identity requirements of voters, and expanded the range of voters, greatly increasing the number of voters. The industrial bourgeoisie and rich peasants have the right to vote.

  With the continuous relaxation of voting rights, women and homosexuals have also become targets of contention. Anyway, they are all British citizens, but they do not have a fixed job. Why should they be deprived of the right to vote?

  A considerable number of people who have no fixed jobs have experienced military service overseas. These people have left the aftereffects of the battlefield and can no longer live like normal people. Their way out after retirement is very problematic. The Royal British Veterans Association is a long-established British charity. It is a fund created by families and veterans in the First World War. This organization was established to help the veterans and their families who came back from the battlefield. At the same time, to commemorate and remember those British soldiers who sacrificed heroically on the battlefield. Guess how many comrades in arms of those gray-haired old guys are still in the army. In service, the friendship of "comrades-in-arms" does not always work, but it is another matter if you can help your comrades get votes.

  Where are the politicians when the veterans are fighting desperately in the trenches full of blood and stumps?

  The game is generally played like this, but the specific operation still needs to be discussed. For example, it is too tight to catch up with the election on May 5. The best way is to create a "suspended parliament" model.

  "Hovering Parliament" is not a system, but a state, and this state is not unique to Britain. In theory, in any country or region that implements parliamentary democracy, it means that no political party or group of parties has an absolute majority of seats under parliamentary democracy.

  The country is divided into about 650 constituencies, and each constituency elects a deputies who can come from any party or even no party.

   There were a total of 659 electoral districts in the 2001 general election, or 659 seats in the House of Commons, or 659 members. In the general election on May 5, 2005, the United Kingdom had fewer 646 seats for candidates to compete. The majority party must occupy 326 seats in order to win. If there are only 318 seats, even if members of other parties have divided some of the seats, the minority party has only 290 seats, and the majority party still has not won a big victory. Xuan is in a state of uncertainty, just like in mid-air, which is very unfavorable for the prime minister who wants to implement major reforms.

  If Kingsley has an ambitious Auror office director, then the Muggle Prime Minister has an ambitious finance minister. The Iraq issue has become the biggest reason for the unpopularity of the current British government, but he has expressed support in many public occasions. Many men are militant, just like the southern young people in "Gone with the Wind". They have always regarded themselves as gentlemen and looked down upon them. "The Yankees" believe that they can win, not to mention that they have the support of the United Kingdom and the cotton that is constantly being transported from the plantation to the United Kingdom. Fighting the Northern Army should be as easy as hunting.

   However, the fact is that the Southerners lost, and Atlanta was turned into a sea of ​​flames.

  The British intervention in the Middle East has also fallen into the quagmire. The benefits of the war are limited. The guidance of public opinion is of no practical use except for strengthening the confidence of some people to reproduce the empire that never sets. People who are disqualified from voting capacity and qualifications due to mental or criminal problems do not have the qualifications to vote. The aftereffects of the battle often cause these two problems. A normal person who kills will cause psychological trauma, just like having a knife, cutting. Own soul.

Everyone has different psychological conditions and different self-adjustment abilities. People in the upper class cannot see those, but people at the bottom often come into contact with them. The anti-war sentiment among the people is very high. In February 2003, the largest anti-war demonstration in British history took place. Trafalgar Square was held, but no matter how the people marched, it still happened. This move destroyed the confidence of the British in democracy. If democracy really exists, then why the prime minister can ignore so many oppositions and continue to send troops What?

In the 2005 general election, the public did not listen to the speeches and positions of those candidates. The consumer confidence index affects consumption, and the purchase of houses is undoubtedly a big expenditure. The Labor Party mainly focuses on public housing, employee welfare, unemployment relief, vulnerable groups, Social security, civic education, etc. belong to the center-left.

  The predecessor of the Conservative Party was the Tory Party.

  In economics, the Labor Party advocates neoliberalism and emphasizes a certain degree of state intervention; while the Conservative Party adheres to economic liberalism and opposes excessive government intervention in economic affairs. When the economy is good, it cannot be seen. When the economy is bad, many people will be unemployed. Without a fixed residence, there will be no votes. The current ruling Labor Party may not be able to continue to be re-elected.

  For Severus, this was just a game. He kept talking about his thoughts with Ma Yurong, who also listened carefully. Two ambitious men would never do anything good together. She was not worried that they would become the same relationship as Albus and Grindelwald. The two of them knew it was "straight" at first glance. She Just worried that Severus would involve himself in unnecessary trouble.

  She tried smoking and it didn’t feel good, but now she misses the feeling of smoking.

  Like soldiers on the battlefield, they need to relax after a day of intense fighting. Cigarettes are often the best "partners".

British American Tobacco was established before the First World War. In order to quell the fierce trade war, the British Imperial Tobacco and American Tobacco jointly established a joint venture. After the beginning of the First World War, the men went to the front and the work had to be done by women. Since then, the company's employee structure has been changed.

  Yes, smoking is a bad problem, but if no one smokes, more than 90,000 people will face unemployment, and many of them are women.

  When the United States launched a prohibition on alcohol, no one mentioned the once-popular smoking ban. During the Great Depression, it was the only company still expanding.

  555 is a flue-cured tobacco type, English-style flue-cured tobacco, the taste is a bit like domestic flue-cured tobacco. The taste is mellow and the aroma is thick.

  Marlboro is a hybrid type. The hybrid type is characterized by its "big power" and strong impact on the lungs and throat. The reason is that the production process is not as complicated as flue-cured tobacco, and the processing technology is not so fine.

Marlboro was once positioned as a women’s cigarette, because “men only remember love because of romance.” Women complained that the white holders of cigarettes would be stained with their bright red lipstick, which was unsightly, but in the eyes of men, women shouldn’t smoke at all. Regardless of whether there is a lipstick mark on the cigarette holder.

  As a women's cigarette, Marlboro's sales have been poor. Later, it "transsexual" became a men's cigarette, and its sales went up all at once.

  Pomona picked up the pack of "555" cigarettes on the table, then lit it under the surprised gaze of the two men opposite, and then smoked it.

  She doesn’t smoke, she just turned the smoke around in her mouth without inhaling it into her lungs, but this is no longer what a "good girl" should do.

   "You continue." She said while smoking, neither of them ignored her.

   "What do you want to talk about?" Severus asked blankly.

   "I don't know, please surprise me." She smiled and said.

  "Don't give women too much power." Ma Yourong sneered and said, "Remember the empress in our country?"

  "Do you know Queen Victoria?" Pomona said in Chinese, "Thank you for the silver coins you provided after the Opium War, Mr. Savior."

   Just when Ma Yourong stood up to teach her, the door of the private room opened again, and Mr. Wen walked in with a gray-headed wealthy businessman, followed by a young man behind him.

  This young man reminded Pomona of Stonedon, but it was really strange, why did she have this idea?

  "Welcome, come, let me introduce, this one is the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Lin, this is his son..."

  "Are Mr. Lin and Lin Zexu related?" Pomona suddenly interrupted Mr. Wen's question.

   "Haha, we have a saying in China that we were a family three hundred years ago." President Lin laughed and said, "If we go back to the root, maybe he and I are really relatives."

  "Are you smoking?" the young man asked.

   "No, I don't." Pomona gave Severus the unfinished cigarette. "I just lighted him."

  Severus smiled triumphantly, and took the lipstick-marked cigarette.

  People who smoke all the year round have yellow teeth, and Pomona suddenly felt that Lockhart’s shiny white teeth were less obtrusive.

  (End of this chapter)