Thread: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Old 31-10-2018, 07:47   #1607
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
This perfectly highlights the problems with our electoral system. No party has to listen to anyone but their membership and backers. The ordinary voters are left with somewhat of Hobsons choice.
Well, that's the way it works. Other countries do it differently. I don't think it produces better government that we should aspire to. I believe that our democracy is the best in the world and we should not be tampering with it except after very careful selection. Elections to the House of Lords could be done with some form of PR because that is a revising chamber and you could say that the views expressed better reflect the views of the public. However, it is important to have strong Government because that way legislative change can be robust and election promises kept more easily, with changes quickly introduced.

The current state of affairs in which the government is in a minority is not what we want on a permanent basis, but that is exactly what PR would produce - permanent coalitions with minority parties who often have very little electoral support proportionately.
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