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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
The Folk in UK have tried this approach, voting for someone else to make a point, hence the rise in popularity of the lesser Parties. But what has it brought ? on the evidence of it very little. The big league Parties are still dominating the situation albeit with a lesser majority & the People feel cheated & disillusioned with it all, ergo voter apathy.
The only way where it seems to partially work is in a coalition, this is very apparent here in Germany.
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The BNP gain a couple of boroughs each time there are local elections and now have an MEP as well. This ruffled quite a few feathers and afterwards, coincidentally or not, there was a spate of deportations and a perceived review of Visa laws. There was even talk of taking measures on immigration to cap the UK population at 70m.
I myself am very skeptical that any major reforms have taken place (although I don't speak for anyone else) but a recent opinion poll put UKIP in second place just ahead of Labour. I don't give much credence to any of them as each poll is conducted in such a way as to give a certain result but even so if I were Prime Minister that would certainly give me food for thought.
I've never lived through a coalition government but if it truly does benefit the people and allows both sides of the fence an equal hearing then it doesn't sound an entirely bad thing. I'm sure there is evidence from Winston Churchill's time to argue against it but it's still an interesting idea.