Friday is normally a good day to bury bad news. But just before the weekend, we had some rather wonderful news, specifically about the British economy. [...]Read More...
I’m hoping for a hung parliament and the lib dems or SNP make proportional representation a price for power. That would be a massive change, along with replacing the House of Lords with a more democratic upper house.
I think having more representation would make policy better, rather than the current model where winner takes all and policies to suit a small section of the population.
I’m hoping for that too. However, unless the aliens invade (and perhaps not even then), Labour will get an absolutely crushing landslide victory which means there’ll be no need to compromise even within the party and no incentive for electoral reform.
I’m hoping for a hung parliament and the lib dems or SNP make proportional representation a price for power. That would be a massive change, along with replacing the House of Lords with a more democratic upper house.
I think having more representation would make policy better, rather than the current model where winner takes all and policies to suit a small section of the population.
I’m hoping for that too. However, unless the aliens invade (and perhaps not even then), Labour will get an absolutely crushing landslide victory which means there’ll be no need to compromise even within the party and no incentive for electoral reform.