I think it's pretty obvious that Labour are going to get thumped at the next election. however, they may well get thumped in a completely different way than any government in history. Plans for electoral reform, including a fully-elected house of lords are being unveiled! interesting stuff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8092235.stm
Brown set to go out with a bang!
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Re: Brown set to go out with a bang!
Sounds like they plan on adopting a system similar to what we use over here, the single transferrable vote. If they do your next election is going to be fun. 
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I know. Personally, for all its faults, I think that the current system is preferable. It means that we end up with a single party with enough of a majority to get something done most of the time and it keeps the fringe nutters out of running the country. I am not sure that I would like a government that needed to do a deal with the greens, UKIP, or the BNP in order to get legislation through. Still, we'll see what they come up with.DP wrote:Sounds like they plan on adopting a system similar to what we use over here, the single transferrable vote. If they do your next election is going to be fun.
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Re: Brown set to go out with a bang!
Counting the votes usually takes two-three days, generally it gets to 8 or 9 counts in my constituency, and almost always with the same result.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I know. Personally, for all its faults, I think that the current system is preferable. It means that we end up with a single party with enough of a majority to get something done most of the time and it keeps the fringe nutters out of running the country. I am not sure that I would like a government that needed to do a deal with the greens, UKIP, or the BNP in order to get legislation through. Still, we'll see what they come up with.DP wrote:Sounds like they plan on adopting a system similar to what we use over here, the single transferrable vote. If they do your next election is going to be fun.
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Re: Brown set to go out with a bang!
STF is fun! It makes you want to stay up until 4 in the morning waiting for the results of the 13th count from some god-forsaken part of the country that you wouldn't normally give tuppence for. 
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