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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Please understand I agree with much of what you say, however I am absolutely convinced that in the short term a coalition will fail to achieve enough at a time when it's essential that progress is made towards longer term prosperity and encouraging the private sector to return to generating the wealth (and in turn tax revenues!) we so badly need right now along with reducing the public sector's hunger for that wealth.
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Now is probably the best chance to implement such reforms. As it stands the polls suggest that the result may be the perfect example of how screwy our current system is. Labour would well come 3rd in the popular vote and be the party with the most seats. Not to mention that it is looking likely that the Liberal Democrats are likely power-brokers in the event of hung parliament and they are the largest party in favour of voting reform.
The two main parties are unlikely want to change a system skewed in their favour if they had a majority. Public pressure and the need to make concessions to the Liberal Democrats is the only environment in which I can see reforms taking place.