I hope this hour has 22 minutes takes him out for a beer

  • nyan@lemmy.cafe
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    8 hours ago

    This might not be a popular opinion here, but I’m really not all that hurt by the fact that he didn’t try to go through with the electoral reform stuff. I don’t think it’s going to have enough support to have a chance of passing until we spend another couple of decades or so dancing around it. Backing off a campaign promise because you come to the conclusion that it isn’t really feasible isn’t the worst thing a politician can do (and bulling forward even though you’ve been repeatedly told it isn’t a good idea gets you Donald Trump). That a centrist party made electoral reform a campaign promise at all indicates that the idea is gaining traction, and while faster would be nice, I’ll settle for progress in baby steps over no progress at all.