Introduction What happened to the United Kingdom? The answer is “a lot”, and not much of it very good. What can be done to get the SS United Kingdom back on an even keel? Here’s an idea: opposition parties collaborating. “Hasn’t that already failed?” I hear you ask. “If at first, you don’t succeed, try,… Read more
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Electoral Reform
Winner takes all is destructive of politics – and democracy
A wonderfully graphic image of how our voting system is, as it were – no, as it is – disproportinate: This winner takes all is also, it occurs to me, very destructive of political engagement. Why would you choose to vote in a contest in which, once over, you are completely ignored? As an example… Read more
‘Our democracy’ is highly undemocratic
These statistics are from the Electoral Reform Society for the recent general election. I wonder if all those youthful Labour campaigners would like to know that, for all their effort, they got a third less MPs than they would have done if they were Conservatives – and half as many as the SNP. But pity… Read more