Bronshtein wrote:In Wales we get to vote for:
Unitary Authority Councillors - local government (formerly county council) 42%
Welsh Government Assembly Members - Welsh Government Turnout 45%
UK Members of Parliament - Turnout 68%
EU MEPs Turnout 37.1%
(We also get to vote for fucking cowboy Police Commissioners so we can have Bat Signals)
The Yanks amazement at the fact we have more than one election is an odd one. They not only have elections every two years for Congress, and spent about 18 months campaigning for them, but it's a federal republic - they have state (and county) elections too. Never mind the township meetings, elections for Police Chief, elections for park-keepers and judge etc etc etc.
Makes me think he is abnormally cluless, or the world's most pitifully inept troll.