Glad to see some things never change data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 Remember that there was a democratic referendum to make changes to the voting system, that was rejects by the majority of the people.
it was the MPs who rejected it which is not surprising given that it would have affected by major political parties MPs reject bill to change Britain's voting system to proportional representation
No it wasn't, it was a referendum that rejected a change to our voting system back in 2011. It was the democratic will of the people of this country who are eligible to vote.
With the UK out, Mrs Merkel is the defacto leader. In the last few days we have seen this clearly, when Trump refused to play ball.(yes I know it wasn't strictly EU business but same applies)
No that was specifically the AV ("alternative vote") Referendum, not a PR one, which the coalition never gave us the opportunity to vote on ... a rubbish compromise of the Lib Dems.
You are moaning about the result of the last PR vote we had and want to overturn it - hardly democratic of you.
Cheers,
Nigel
^^^ we never voted on PR, we voted on AV
Electoral Reform Soc on the matter and an ignorant govt minister, just after the last election ...
With all due respect, Minister... AV is not PR | ERS
May won't debate on the BBC tonight because "she's staying in to have a hard think about Brexit".Oh god, what a car crash.If she doesn't have time for an election, perhaps she should not have called one.
I was referring to the EU Referendum the outcome of which was based on PR.
The trouble with PR is that on its own it is likely to end up with coalitions every time - in fact it would be very difficult to get a majority with just two parties - assuming that Labour and Conservatives wouldn't join forces data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
It also gives a lot more power to extreme parties - for example UKIP would have done very well in the last election - also the greens.And the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish national parties would not do very well because of the lower populations.
Cheers,
Nigel
Note what I wrote and how I referred to it data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7