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Originally Posted by gynn
So a General Election tomorrow.
Choice?
David "Lord Snooty" Cameron or
Ed "School Sneak" Miliband
Is that the best we can do?  |
I'm afraid it is...
Living in a predominantly labour ward, my vote is meaningless, vote labour it's +1 to the 600+ majority..vote anything else it's a 600+ -1 vote
Proportional representation is the way to go..but that was flummoxed last time out by politicians (who want jobs for the boys) screwing with the question, over complicating the outcome, and media scaremongering. Result..proportional representation is buried for the foreseeable future.
Really can't see the issue here, you take 100% of the vote and share this between 100% of the parties who stand, and you do it proportionally. Majority party has the PM and cabinet, the rest either agree or disagree in the commons. This works in many other countries.
Oh, and you need to make parliamentary whipping illegal..forcing someone to vote the way you want under threat is illegal for joe public, but not in parliament..the mind boggles!!!
The mother of parliaments as an ideal is outdated and about as relevant as the forum of Rome, it's antiquated and past its sell by date.
The argument that you need someone to represent you who lives in the area is flawed, thats why they move cabinet members into 'safe' seats (and why we have people like Graham Jones who, once they are in, think they are more educated than the people they represent)