| Topic: | Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | |
| Posted by: | George Knox | |
| Date/Time: | 25/05/10 13:11:00 |
| It is very difficult to be clear whether a sort of PR/AV system would be better for the governance of the UK. I shall be slightly surprised if the Liberals get their wish through Parliament. However I find it very hard to accept the unfairness that some 25% vote Liberal, but do not (until now) get a look in. What has been to our disadvantage about the First past the Post is that the Labour party have had an endless history of putting the country into very serious debt, albeit having given advantages to the poorer end of society which the Tories have not dared undo. Obviously Tories realise that social justice has some very good points. Brown will not be forgotten for a generation due to nearly breaking the UK, in the same way that Thatcher will not be forgotten (for creating a lost generation). The Tories have had to mend the country but with disastrous consequences for them. But we will never know is whether a PR type system would be better. Until we get it, we shall never know. To argue that a strong majority will get more done is spurious. It depends what they get done in the interests of the wider populace. What was interesting was that quite a fair number of Liberals were voted in, but they got very small majorities. If we come really to hate this coalition, then the Liberals could suffer very badly. It will be for the historians to tell us if Clegg was driven more by the wish for power, or more by the genuine desire to grasp the opportunity of restraining the worst excesses of the new Tory party. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 20/05/10 12:05:00 | Conal Stewart |
| Phew! ... | 20/05/10 13:20:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 20/05/10 15:05:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 20/05/10 18:08:00 | David Giles |
| Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 21/05/10 17:58:00 | Andrew Dakers |
| Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 21/05/10 21:33:00 | Neil Chippendale |
| Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 23/05/10 13:19:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 24/05/10 14:34:00 | David Giles |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 24/05/10 14:41:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 25/05/10 13:11:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 25/05/10 14:29:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 25/05/10 15:24:00 | David Giles |
| Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 25/05/10 16:36:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters... | 25/05/10 17:04:00 | David Giles |