Podcasts about first past

If you love books, this is the perfect place for you. Once a month, Heather, Ute, and sometimes Krystal, will talk about their favorite horsey book. In today's episode of the EQA Book Club, Ute is talking with SJ Garland about her upcoming book First Past the Post, a historical romance featuring Eva, a daring horse trainer who will leave no stone unturned to find her favourite horse which has been kidnapped by a criminal syndicate, a handsome duke and lots of adventures on both sides of the Atlantic. If you enjoyed watching Bridgerton, you will love this work of Victorian Romance and Horses! Show Notes: https://equestrianadventuresses.com/2021/06/23/horse-podcast-ep-149-eqa-book-club-victorian-romance-and-horses/  

This week David and Helen take stock of the state of British politics, looking at how the big themes of the last year fit together. They try to join the dots between the pandemic and the fraying of the Union, the weakness of the Labour party and the fraught politics of climate change, along with the lingering impact of Brexit on everything. We are also looking for your questions on these topics too - please let us know what you would like David and Helen to discuss next: https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/contactTalking Points: Incumbents, under the conditions of vaccine politics, have done well. The next phase will be about the economy, but we aren't out of the vaccine stage yet.When an inquiry happens, there will be some tough questions about the British state.If the economic recovery goes well, there will be space for critical reflection. But if recovery stalls or is skewed, that will be the main focus.The Northern Ireland question may pose a real challenge to the politics of the Union.This may be the government's number one problem right now.The UK government is extremely constrained. The EU has invested a lot of its credibility in defending the single market.  The perverse consequence of Brexit is that it embroiled the EU into the politics of Northern Ireland.Is the First Past the Post system propping up a moribund Labour Party?The electoral system works to Labour's favour when compared to continental centre-left parties.But the thing that Labour has to deal with that is unique is the Union question.Labour has always struggled to win a majority of seats in England.In 2020, Britain and the EU diverged on the question of China. Biden wants to bring the EU toward the American position. And the EU has moved a bit already.This might dilute the advantage that Johnson thought he might gain with the Biden admin by being tough on China.The geopolitics of climate change are bound up in the EU/US position on China.Merkel has been inclined to treat China as more serious about climate change.Johnson wants to put Britain at the head of ‘green finance.'Climate change is not currently an electorally contested issue in Britain. But that might not be true for much longer.Mentioned in this Episode: Our Union series… on ScotlandDavid Frost's FT column on the Northern Ireland ProtocolFurther Learning: Helen on Labour and the ‘English Question' for the New StatesmanMore on Johnson's ‘green finance' plansTalking climate change with Helen and Adam ToozeAnd as ever, recommended reading curated by our friends at the LRB can be found here: lrb.co.uk/talking  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/talkingpolitics.

This week's podcast has leadership and history at its core as themes. However we begin with Murdo Fraser who seems to have undergone a road to Damascus conversion with his proposal that Scotland should move to STV for Holyrood elections.Lesley was stunned to find herself agreeing with him but reckons he should be careful what he wishes for while admiring his sheer brassneckedness given his silence on First Past the Post for Westminster.Joanna Cherry and Douglas Chapman are the latest members of the SNP NEC to resign over matters of "transparency and scrutiny". Chris Hanlon has decided to hang on in there. We look at the background to this ongoing dispute and wonder whether staying or going is the better course of action. The Royals seem to have got it right in terms of their reaction to the Johnson proposal for a new royal (not) yacht but revelations concerning the Royal Household's exemption from equalities legislation, at their request, brings into sharp focus, once again, their position at the centre of the   anti-democratic nature of the British state.Joe Biden visited Tulsa to memorialise the hidden from history Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 signalling a fundamental shift,at least in domestic terms, of leadership in the USA.All this plus the usual meanderings.And no, it wasn't Roy Plomley whose catch phrase was "As the sun slowly sinks in the west".It was James A. FitzPatrick.

This week we talk about race and representation with Cathy Cohen of the GenForward Survey project based in Chicago. What do young Americans want from democratic politics? How do their priorities vary according to race and ethnicity? And can a Biden presidency deliver on the desire for real change? Plus we catch up with Jeevun Sandher and Michael Bankole of the Politics Jam podcast to explore a UK perspective on why young and minority voices find it so hard to be heard.Talking Points:We are seeing more racial and ethnic diversity in generations than ever before.Young people break for Biden, but for young white men, it was about 50-50.In 2012, a plurality of young whites voted for Romney. If we look only at generation we miss part of the story.The story about ‘young people’ is being driven by young people of colour.Does Biden have a problem with young people?Many young people voted against Trump rather than for Biden.They decided to vote against Trump and organize against Biden.What is the best method for achieving racial progress in the US? Young African Americans are pointing to the need for structural change.Young people are rejecting the idea that change comes from national-level voting. They are redefining what democratic practice might be.Young people broadly favor a more expansive state.The Biden agenda is more about tweaking at the edges.There is going to be a real tension. Will there be the infrastructure to mobilize young people? Can they pressure the administration?This generation is highly educated, but they are also precarious. There is an increasing mismatch between the promise of higher education and what it delivers.The younger generation is highly indebted because of higher education.In both the UK and the US, young people haven’t been represented well by the political system.There are specific issues that young people want to see addressed, including systemic racism.Ethnic differences among young people need to be taken into account in the UK too.The political class in the House of Commons is unrepresentative in many ways. It skews old and it skews white.Conservatives tend to represent white seats. The First-Past-the-Post system doesn’t incentivize serious engagement with ethnically diverse constituencies.Mentioned in this episode:The GenForward SurveyThe Black Youth ProjectPolitics JaMJeevun’s academic profileMichael’s academic profileAnne Phillips, The Politics of PresenceThomas Saalfeld on substantive representationAnd as ever, recommended reading curated by our friends at the LRB can be found here: lrb.co.uk/talking See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Somalia is in search of an electoral model for the scheduled 2020/21 political transition. An ad hoc 15-member parliamentary committee was mandated to review the National Electoral Bill (NEB) approved by the Council of Ministers. It submitted to the parliament a reviewed version of the NEB at a joint meeting by the two chambers of parliament on 27th November 2019. The Committee proposed a ‘First Past the Post System’ as an electoral model for Somalia. After deliberations, the House of the People of the Somali Federal Parliament approved the election bill on 28th December 2019, and the bill will go to the Upper House for review before a final ratification by the President.In this podcast, Mahad Wasuge and Mohamed Irbad discuss the proposed First Past The Post electoral model for Somalia.

We are back for 2020 to talk about Labour's future after Corbyn. How can the party move the argument beyond Brexit? Does the voting system help or hinder Labour's chances of returning to power? And what to do about Scotland? Plus, we ask how much damage would be done if the next leader turns out to be the only man in the field. With Helen Thompson, Chris Brooke and Chris Bickerton.Talking Points: Electoral Reform seems to be a perennial issue for the Labour Party.Starmer says he wants to win a majority—but it’s hard to see how. Would electoral reform get Labour any closer to winning? In 1987, Tony Blair pointed out that there is a real risk of collapse for centre-left parties under proportional representation systems.We often think of alliance politics as being anti-Tory, but look at 2010: sometimes it works the other way.First Past the Post keeps Labour in place as the only alternative government.Is England a broadly conservative country or an anti-conservative country whose electoral system doesn’t reflect society?It’s hard to know—there does seem to be a core conservative voting bloc. One reason that pessimism isn’t evenly distributed in the Labour party despite the defeat is that people think the biggest problem was fighting an election with an unpopular leader.Corbyn and Brexit may have been sufficient conditions for a Labour defeat.Would Labour fare better with a different leader?The generational divide poses a challenge—how can Labour appeal to over 65’s without alienating young people.The leadership election appears to be Keir Starmer’s to lose.Will the fact that he’s facing three women be a problem?Rebecca Long-Bailey has a lot of prominent support, but she’s not a great media performer.Mentioned in this Episode:Tony Blair for The New Statesman in 1987Daniel Finkelstein’s column on Keir StarmerThe YouGov poll on the next Labour leaderThe 2019 election, broken down by ageFurther Learning: David’s lecture on the generational divide in politicsOur YouTube video on Labour leadershipAnd as ever, recommended reading curated by our friends at the LRB can be found here: lrb.co.uk/talking See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What difference does an electoral system make? We look at recent Green gains in Portugal, Switzerland and Canada - and ask why the Green result varied so much and what that means for that country’s politics. We draw some parallels but also acknowledge the key differences and take a deep dive into what kind of a challenge the First Past the Post system presents to the Green Party of England and Wales. Enjoy the episode and as always, show us some love and follow us here: twitter.com/biggreenpolpod. Big Green Politics Podcast is presented and produced by Seden Anlar (@SedenAnlar) and Julia Lagoutte (@julialagoutte).

This week Helen and David explore some counterfactuals: What if Remain had won in 2016? What if Corbyn hadn't got on the leadership ballot in 2015? What if Scotland had voted for independence in 2014? We consider whether British politics would be very different or whether a lot of what we are seeing in 2019 was coming anyway. Plus we explore if there are any circumstances in which the stranglehold of the two main parties could be broken in a general election and why the Lib Dems have so spectacularly failed to break it this time.Talking Points: What would have happened if Remain won the referendum?Cameron would have remained prime minister.UKIP probably wouldn’t have collapsed. Johnson would still have been in a good position to become prime minister.What if Corbyn hadn’t been on the ballot for Labour leadership?The membership supports him, but he almost didn’t make the ballot. The next leader probably would have been Andy Burnham.Burnham would have fought the referendum with more enthusiasm, but the problems in the base would have remained the same.Corbyn expanded the membership by being on the ballot; he didn’t rebuild the old Labour coalition.What if Scotland had voted for independence?This would have been a disaster for Cameron: he’s a unionist to the core. Negotiations would have been extremely complicated, especially over the currency question.Scottish independence would have posed an existential question for the Labour party.Can a third party break through?It looked like the Lib Dems might do it, but the two main parties have pulled away. Is this a structural problem, or a contingency problem?First Past the Post forces voters to make hard choices, often between two unpalatable options.The revoke position is tricky, even if the donors like it. There’s no real way to reach hard core remainers in this electoral system.The Remain vote is more geographically concentrated. There are also voters who prefer remain but respect the referendum result.Mentioned in this Episode:Ken Clarke talking about First Past the PostFurther Learning: David’s review of Cameron’s memoirs for the LRBWho is Jo Swinson? And as ever, recommended reading curated by our friends at the LRB can be found here: lrb.co.uk/talking See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“It’s as if First Past the Post is a sports car that just won’t start for the Conservatives...” Hear about other voting systems that might turn the engine over and get the UK moving again.

After some merry badinage regarding Jo Swinson's strangled vowels and ever shifting accent, we get down to serious business. The BBC has come under fire over Wreathgate, we discuss just what might have happened and the "robust" defence of the BBC position by Rob Burley. Lesley wonders if you can get away with anything, if your accent is posh enough. Coverage of this debacle seemed to have crowded out the non publication of the report on Russian interference in UK politics.That is until Hillary Clinton's intervention this morning.And if anyone should know about Russian interference in the democratic process, it's Hillary. Electoral pacts, standing aside, and tactical voting have grabbed election headlines this week and we examine the implications of all three across both Scotland and England.Lesley also takes the opportunity to criticise not only our archaic First Past the Post voting system but also Holyrood's version of PR. The latest Spanish elections saw the Socialists emerge as the largest party but with no overall majority. But this second election in just seven months has seen the emergence of Vox, an avowed fascist party, as the third largest in the Spanish lower house. It was the centenary of the birth of the great Hamish Henderson on Sunday and,as I try and give some sense of his importance as poet, folklorist, and radical intellectual,Lesley shares some very personal memories.  

Back to Basics takes us back to high school social studies to talk about the things we've all forgotten about politics. In this episode, we talk about how our votes actually work in this First Past the Post system, and the criticisms of it.

1. Newcastle Knight SKD is here after an Amazing win over the Roosters last night in front of a packed house. Does he think Mitchell Pearce is ready for Origin again? 2. Retiring Sydney FC Captain opens up about his career, toilet seats, First Past the Post, 'Borking' and More! 3. Vivid is here, Can we give it a more Rugby League feel? 4. Ivan Cleary is sending mixed messaged from Penrith Camp 5. Podcast Exclusive - English Soccer is getting some rule shake-ups for next season, we break it down.

With a referendum on Proportional Representation looming, BC will decide whether or not to move to a new way of electing our provincial government — or stick with our current First Past the Post system. Our first guest is Maria Dobrinskaya, BC Director of the Broadbent Institute. Maria shares why she is advocating for BC residents to vote ‘Yes’ to PR when they mail in their ballots this month. She is interviewed by your host, Am Johal, the director of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Inform your vote! Here is some supplemental reading from the Broadbent Institute: http://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/electoral_system_for_all_bc

The Leaders have spoken, the conferences have happened and the verdict is still not clear. Are we going to leave or stay in the EU? With his politics once a secret because of his job, Joshua Godfrey now works for an MP in Worcestershire and talks about his latest column on Backbench UK, titled “Brexit: the show must go on”. In a wide-ranging interview, we talk about democracy, leaving the EU and the People’s Vote campaign. Follow Josh on his Twitter https://twitter.com/JoshuaGodfrey, the article here: https://www.bbench.co.uk/single-post/2018/09/29/Brexit-the-show-must-go-on and CGP Grey’s video on the First Past the Post voting system here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo. Apologies for the sound quality of the interview. Please join in the conversation: Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast and use #SuggSound to comment on social media.

Voting changes everything. BC residents are seriously thinking about upending the First Past the Post system and adopting proportional representation. In this episode I talk to Sonia Theroux and Terry Dance-Binnink about the BC fight for fair representation.

Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news including antisemitism in Labour and the ongoing Russian spy poisoning scandal.TopicsThe HeadlinesAntisemitism in the Labour PartyRussian SanctionsReturning Regular Feature: Would You Rather?SupportSupport all TTSS shows on PatreonShownotesTomorrow's Papers TodayHilarious Trump HeadlineReality Check: Has London's murder rate overtaken New York's?More or Less: Why London’s Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York’sRussian spy: Source of nerve agent 'not identified'Russian spy: Moscow bid for joint poisoning inquiry fails at OPCWUK Jews wary over Labour candidate’s support for Hamas, HezbollahThe anti-Semitism controversy roiling the UK Labour party, explainedNaz Shah: My words were anti-SemiticLabour MP: Israelis should face "transportation" out of Middle EastChristine Shawcroft quits Labour's NEC as Eddie Izzard steps upYouGov: May and Corbyn FavourabilityYouGov: Voting Intention (4-5 Apr 2018)CGPGrey: The Problems with First Past the Post Voting ExplainedCGPGrey: Politics in the Animal Kingdom: Single Transferable VoteAttributionRecording engineer: CraigTheme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).Main Image: Who left the gate open by Sebastian Ballard. Used via CC BY-SA 2.0

Voting is a key element in the structure of democracy, but it can take many forms depending on how the local government chooses to execute it.  Recently, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that based on their research the Federal Liberals would not be moving forward with their promise of electoral reform.In this episode of Crew Round Table Bites, Gino and JR look at several options that were proposed as options to our current "First Past the Post" system.  We discuss, critique, applaud, and compare alternate voting styles some of which are currently in use in the world today, and some which are borderline theoretical.As always, listen and subscribe to the Crew Round Table podcast on iTunes and Google Play and join the discussion with @crewroundtable on Twitter!Tweet #AskTheCrew

I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with scientist Dr. Chris Maxwell, who has taken a quick turn from the science world to see what the political spectrum has to offer as the BC Green Party Candidate for the Victoria-Swan Lake riding. We start off talking about this switch and the things that influenced the decision, including his family history & raising a young son. He tells the great little story of how he "Joined" the BC Green Party... sometimes an email is all it takes... Let this be a lesson that acting on those gut feelings in the moment 'Can' lead somewhere, so dive in people. After dabbling in science - talking about the importance of 'evidence' and 'truth' as he puts it, and the March for Science, we then tackle the politics topic... Here Chris talks about some of the issues he's concerned about... childcare, healthcare, mental health, the Massey tunnel/bridge issue and the Site C Dam, Party donations, and more. He then shares his views on what he sees as some of the main differences between the major BC political parties and their platforms, as well as the Greens dedication to the "Proportional Representation Voting System" as an alternative to our current "First Past the Post" system. It was a fun and interesting chat, which exposed me to a bunch of new information I'll need to dig into. I will say though, I'm very interested in this voting system switch. Thanks for listening & I hope you enjoy! - Show Notes Below *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* – Until Next time… Stay Curious – CJ

COURSE OVERVIEW: Introduction to Political Economy is a self-contained and nontechnical overview of the intellectual history of political economy, the logic of microeconomics, and the definitions used in macroeconomics. It introduces the notion of a political economy, emphasizing the moral and ethical problems that markets solve, and fail to solve. LECTURE OVERVIEW: 1. The "Spatial Model" has three aspects: Nature of voter preferences Endogenous platform selection Predictions about outcomes 2. People use “left”, “right”, and “center” to describe political positions, dating to the French National Assemblies and National Convention-- Left: (want change) Jacobins Right: Girondins (defend status quo) 3. "Political power lies at center of distribution of preferences effectively enfranchised by the institutions of the society." Formally, this is called "The Median Voter Theorem." 4. An example: The Affordable Care Act (ACA). 5. In two or more dimensions, there is generally no equilibrium for arbitrarily chosen preferences. 6. Real world legislatures and elections get around this problem get around this by (a) using First Past the Post voting (Duverger's Law) or (b) having a system of coalitions that reduce to two alternative, the "Government" and the "Opposition."