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Old 10-05-2010, 10:59 AM #4
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Originally Posted by angus58 View Post
There is no way that the conservatives will agree to PR - it is anathema to them. On this point alone (which is one of the cornerstones of LibDem ideology) the coalition will probably fail. Can you imagine, with PR you could end up with a parliament of several assorted parties with none of them having a sufficient majority to be able to push through any legislation at all? The Alternative Vote path is also a non-starter since it could possibly deliver a government of second, third and fourth choices - how is that democratic?

The system we have now has served us well for centuries so why tinker with it? The answer is of course because the losers always whinge and bleat about how unfair it is.

Well in any case they have to take it through
Parliament
who could Vote it out.
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