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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
There may not be a detailed public plan, Andrew, but if you really do not think that the EU, if it remains in tact for long enough, won't end up as the United States of Europe, you are definitely in the minority on that one.
In fact, it is the only way this failed project ever has the chance of working, and given the type of 'democracy' it will be, I wouldn't wish to be a part of it.
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Proportional representation leads to weak coalition style governments in perpetuity. We have one at the moment, due to a lack of a majority in the House of Commons, and look at how irritated we all are with that. Fortunately, issues such as these do not occur very often and it is when we have a strong government we are most successful.
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The five most healthy and stable governments have PR. Consensus builds in voter engagement and long term planning. With the political swings less extreme governments
have to listen to the electorate. Every vote matters.
What we have is
not a PR elected system. No one in GB could not vote for any of the candidates currently propping up the Tories. Much as no one anywhere but Scotland could vote for the SNP. Yet because of these area specific parties we have a messy and inconclusive confidence & supply arrangement, with a party that cannot bend enough to run the NI government.
When 57% of Cornwall did not vote Tory, why should they have 100% Tory representation? This is neither representative or democratic.