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I don't see why. It makes far more sense to side with a party (if any) that is willing to push through electoral reform so the results of future elections represent the popular vote more accurately.

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I see - they only believe in proportional representation if it helps them......;)

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Why though? In a PR system you don't have to ally with the party that has the most seats. You can allay with another safe in the knowledge that the combined parties won more votes than the largest one.

Anyway as danielf said, they are far more likely to go with the party that will allow them to push the change in the electoral system. Although they have more common ground with the Tories on civil liberties. I think those are the two issues the Lib Dems are more focused on...

Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 2
 

On the other hand, if the current polls are an indicator of the outcome, I'd think that all parties should have a serious think about reforming the system as the current one is untenable (imo).

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I agree with you, daniel.

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But that wouldn't necessarily give them access to the power needed to change the system.

Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 2
 

:) Eeeh the betting sites have changed and i bet they will change even more come next 10 days , if your feeling brave theres money to be made here . I cannot believe but hope im wrong that the Be in my community we work together and as one but for free Mr D.c will somehow fiddle his way in :) ooooh slimy toads frogs and newts enter my head as soon as i see the conniving shmuck on tv.

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Does this post come in English?

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Of course it wouldn't but it would avoid accusations of hypocrisy. Sadly I don't rate their chances of getting the system changed.

Labour are hardly likely to want to change a system where they can come 3rd in the popular vote and still have the most MPs. The Conservatives are likewise going to be reluctant, changes that don't directly benefit them are unlikely to gain traction.

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Agreed. From that point of view I hope that the election goes down the route of Tories and Lib Dems being 1st and 2nd in the popular vote while Labour are 3rd yet have the most MPs. That would put the issue into very clear focus and both force a closer look at electoral form and a fundamental change in thinking.

Downside said hung parliament will get nothing done until that fundamental change in thinking is done.

Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 2
 

As Peter Kellner put it in the New Statesman (not the most pro-Tory publication out there) late last year Which isn't quite the same view proposed in the Labour Party Manifesto 2010 I believe the phrase used by the "kids" is ROFL.....


*Gerrymandering - boundary delimitation (redistricting) in which electoral district or constituency boundaries are deliberately modified for electoral purposes

Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 2
 

Well of course they don't want to gerrymander constituency boundaries, they're just how they want them now ;)

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WhatAreTheOdds video

Update - Paxo interviews David Cameron this Friday, 8:30pm; after Eastenders, and just before Ashes to Ashes.....

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/04/32.jpg

Timing is everything......:D

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I can't seem to see that a date has been set for the PM's interview with Paxman. Anyone?

Ah found it, to be broadcast 30th.

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His dithering and indecision remind me of Brown



I tried babel fish but it gave up. :LOL:

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I don't think it's dithering and indecision. He's just keeping his options open, which seems like the wise thing to do in his position.

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There may be other reasons lurking in Nick Clegg's past......

In an interview with the "Cambridge Student" last month he statesWhilst on the ConservativeHome blog site, there appears to be evidence he was a member of the Cambridge University Conservative Association when he was a fresher - Link

Perhaps he's a Tory "sleeper agent"? :D