The two elephants in the room I referred to in my previous blog: PR and a reformed House of Lords.
Whilst the possibility of full blown proportional representation has subsided we may still get the Alternative Vote. It is difficult to assess how the last election would have worked out if AV had been in use. However AV will not favour small parties in relation to the number of seats they secure, but at least their votes will be redistributed.
Should the House of Lords be reformed and become a fully elected second chamber it will be interesting to see what election system is used. Assuming primacy remains with the House of Commons, it is conceivable that the voting system will be a form of PR. This will provide an opportunity for the currently smaller parties: UKIP, Green and BNP to win seats in the second chamber. It remains to be seen if this would have any significant affect on the composition of the three major parties. Already the Green Party is making overtures to disaffected Liberal Democrats and UKIP is likely to offer blandishments to the Right of the Conservative Party.
Would any realignments along these lines have a major effect on the main parties and elections to the House of Commons?
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The HOL and the HOC should both have PR.
ReplyDeleteDoes it mean that the BNP, Greens or UKIP may squeeze through? Yes.
And so what? People NEED to take reponsibility for who they vote for, like they did with George Galloway but were shocked at what he actually produced.
Some-most?-schools in this countryn don't even teach imperialism or colonisation, HUGE factors for bringing great wealth and profit into this country and with this you get people voting against immigrants without even grasping how focal England were in globalisation.
Bring it on. Bring on debate.
I agree with you on imperialism and colonialism.
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