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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 3 February | 150 comments (150 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

He has got absolutely no intention of changing the voting system. It's been in the laboutr manifesto for about 20 years and they still aren't doing anything about it.

I wonder,could this be a distraction from something else going on ? Such as an inquiry into the Iraq war that is providing bad headlines for Gordon.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 05:31:03 PM EST
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More of a carrot for the Lib Dems in the event of a hung Parliament, I should think.

by Sassafras on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 05:40:25 PM EST
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Either way, its the typical New Labour habit of treating policy as a prop for spin, nothing more. But the electoral system is too important to be abused like this.

by IdiotSavant on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 07:33:28 PM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 3 February | 150 comments (150 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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