Hysnaps Political Investigations
Claim This Podcastby Paul Golder
Podcast Overview
<p>A series looking at various elements of Uk Politics, from an evidence based and mainly unbiased standpoint.</p><p>I am a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/types/humanism.shtml#:~:text=Humanists%2520believe%2520that%2520human%2520experience,gods%252C%2520or%2520in%2520special%2520books.">Humanist</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=punk">Punk</a> who relies on facts and evidence to help me understand the world. As such I look at various topics that interest me to better understand them and wish to share the outcomes of these investigations with others. </p><p>I have been running a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/">blog</a> for last 5 years, as part of my recovery from a mental health episode,, which has at times concerntrated on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/tag/video-games/">Online gaming</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/category/music/">Music</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/category/mental-health/">Mental Health Issues</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/tag/wargaming/">Tabletop Gaming</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/various-political-discussions-investigations/">politics</a>, it is the political thinkings that I wish to share via podcast. I hope you find them interesting</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 2, 2026
Why Britain Needs Proportional Representation
<p>An indepth look at the results from the recent Uk Local Elections and what they suggest about changes in the attitudes and behaviour of voters, why these changes have occured and potentially how we could rebuild trust.</p><p>It also contains explanations of why the Labour Party although the significant share of its members wish it to implement Proportional Representation is reluctant to do so.</p><p>I undertook this analysis and produced this output having realised the following :</p><p>"There are a few historical exceptions in the UK where a single winning political party secured 50% or more of the vote at a general election:</p><ul><li><strong>1900:</strong> The Conservative Party won <strong>51.1%</strong> of the vote.</li><li><strong>1931:</strong> The Conservative Party, running as part of the National Government, won a record <strong>60.6%</strong> (or 60.7%) of the popular vote.</li><li><strong>1935:</strong> The Conservative Party, again running as part of the National Government, won <strong>53.3%</strong> to <strong>53.7%</strong> of the vote.</li></ul><p>However, 1935 was the last time a single winning party achieved a true majority of the votes cast. In fact, since 1970, no single winning party has even managed to surpass 45% of the popular vote.</p><p>The only recent instance where the government represented a majority of voters was the 2010 Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. While neither party achieved 50% individually, their combined vote share was <strong>59.1%</strong> (36.1% for the Conservatives and 23.0% for the Liberal Democrats)"</p><p>If you wish to check out the sources go to - </p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/11802df4-17ce-4a30-8b0a-ec79745bc190">https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/11802df4-17ce-4a30-8b0a-ec79745bc190</a></p><p></p>
June 1, 2026
Let’s Rethink The Lords: Unbundling The Lords
<p>This finally feels like the moment where it makes sense to stop introducing new ideas and just look at the whole picture we’ve built up along the way. Not to declare a winner. Not to arrive at a single, tidy answer. Just to be honest about…</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.co.uk/2026/03/30/lets-rethink-the-lords-unbundling-the-lords/">https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.co.uk/2026/03/30/lets-rethink-the-lords-unbundling-the-lords/</a></p>
May 31, 2026
Let’s Rethink The Lords: The Impossible Trade-off
<p>Up to now, we’ve been looking at the things that have gradually drifted into the House of Lords — ethics, expertise, institutional memory — and asking whether there might be cleaner ways of handling them. But there’s a more basic question we’ve been carefully skirting since…</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.co.uk/2026/03/29/lets-rethink-the-lords-the-impossible-trade-off/">https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.co.uk/2026/03/29/lets-rethink-the-lords-the-impossible-trade-off/</a></p>
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- What is Hysnaps Political Investigations?
<p>A series looking at various elements of Uk Politics, from an evidence based and mainly unbiased standpoint.</p><p>I am a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/types/humanism.shtml#:~:text=Humanists%2520believe%2520that%2520human%2520experience,gods%252C%2520or%2520in%2520special%2520books.">Humanist</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=punk">Punk</a> who relies on facts and evidence to help me understand the world. As such I look at various topics that interest me to better understand them and wish to share the outcomes of these investigations with others. </p><p>I have been running a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/">blog</a> for last 5 years, as part of my recovery from a mental health episode,, which has at times concerntrated on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/tag/video-games/">Online gaming</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/category/music/">Music</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/category/mental-health/">Mental Health Issues</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/tag/wargaming/">Tabletop Gaming</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/various-political-discussions-investigations/">politics</a>, it is the political thinkings that I wish to share via podcast. I hope you find them interesting</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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