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Electoral Reform - The UK Way | 36 comments (36 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Electoral Reform - The UK Way (none / 1)

Why couldn't the libdems push through a true proportional system instead of this half-measure? They were the kingmakers, right?

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sat Aug 28th, 2010 at 02:16:12 PM EST

Re: Electoral Reform - The UK Way (4.00 / 3)

They are only kingmakers to the extent that they do not create a sufficiently large backbench revolt amongst their partners to bring down the government.

For a large number of tories, bringing down the government and going back to the polls would likely seem preferable to proportional representation.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Aug 28th, 2010 at 02:34:55 PM EST
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Re: Electoral Reform - The UK Way (4.00 / 3)

So? What says that the Libdems would have lost from such an outcome?

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sat Aug 28th, 2010 at 02:47:51 PM EST
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Re: Electoral Reform - The UK Way (none / 1)

If the LebDems had been seen right after the last election as being responsible for sending the country straight back to the polls, I reckon they'd have been hammered.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Aug 28th, 2010 at 04:43:34 PM EST
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Re: Electoral Reform - The UK Way (4.00 / 4)

Not to mention that they have no money left to campaign.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Sat Aug 28th, 2010 at 06:05:20 PM EST
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Quite the point I should have added ... (none / 1)

... had I had a clue that it was the case.

Thanks.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Aug 28th, 2010 at 09:00:33 PM EST
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Re: Electoral Reform - The UK Way (none / 0)

One could just as well argue that it would be the Tories/Labour that would send the country back to the polls, by refusing to accept a referendum on a reasonable election system.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Aug 30th, 2010 at 05:53:02 AM EST
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Re: Electoral Reform - The UK Way (none / 1)

But being the smallest party there would be much less newspaper exposure for their point of view. both other parties would have pushed the idea that they pushed for their narrow political interest where the most important thing was the current financial situation. Not a good electoral position for a third party to be in.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Aug 30th, 2010 at 07:49:22 AM EST
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