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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

For those interested in electoral reform in the UK, I've just been to a short conferance on MMP (which UKanians call "Alternative Member", for some reason) looking at how it has worked in NZ, with some reference to Scotland, Wales, and the prospects for reform in the UK.

Posts (and links to papers) here and here.

by IdiotSavant on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:54:48 AM EST

Re: Wednesday Open Thread (none / 1)

Perhaps the good professor could, in the final revision of his paper, include the title for which MMP is the acronym. Looks interesting though, especially for UK and former Commonwealth countries.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 12:00:11 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (none / 1)

Mixed-member proportional representation, the electoral system used in Scotland, Wales, NZ, and Germany.

(And I'm not a professor, just a very interested bystander)

by IdiotSavant on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 04:44:49 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (none / 0)

Thank you very much. You had made no claims on academic status of which I am aware. It was the author of the otherwise excellent paper to which you provided a link that I referred. Sorry, one of my pet peeves is mystery acronyms. Unless you are certain your product is addressing only a known audience, provide a clue.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 07:55:08 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

To be fair, I think they were expecting to be addressing a known audiance who would know exactly what it meant. But this is a conversation they should be having with the wider public as well as among themselves, and while most NZers, Scots and Welsh would likewise understand, a key audiance they should be talkign to - the English - probably have no clue still.

by IdiotSavant on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:44:12 PM EST
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