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T.C.Roll-Pickering@qmul.ac.uk (Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:

> *Subject:* Re: Referendum on electoral reform
> *From:* "Tim Roll-Pickering" 
> *Date:* Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:41:14 +0100
> 
> rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> 
> >> If they have enough support but geographically dispersed then the
> >> logic of the PR arguments is that they should be represented and
> >> not denied because of the location of boundaries or 
> concentration.
> 
> > I see you ignore the ability of parties to attract support from 
> > other
> > parties' supporters.
> 
> Well in the particular case of the BNP they not the most transfer 
> friendly of parties, even on the far right.
> 
> > As forming combinations of parties in government is
> > part of the purpose of elections, that seems a desirable 
> > attribute in
> > itself.
> 
> No the purpose of elections is choosing those who are to govern us. 
> Forming combinations of parties in government hasn't been a part of 
> British elections for a long time.

You fall in with the fiction that British parties are homogeneous entities 
and not themselves coalitions.

> That said arguing the merits of coalition governments might be a 
> better way to go for the PR lobby than trying to exploit outrage 
> about statistics. Would it be too bad to try the slogan "One Party 
> Government? No thanks!" 

I want governments that reflect how people vote. That obviously mainly 
means how the vast majority vote, not every tiny minority. Indeed the 
Israelis seem to need to learn that lesson.

-- 
Cllr. Colin Rosenstiel
Council member, Electoral Reform Society
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/
mailto:ers@electoral-reform.org.uk

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> I want governments that reflect how people vote. That obviously mainly
> means how the vast majority vote, not every tiny minority. Indeed the
> Israelis seem to need to learn that lesson.

How can any government reflect how the vast majority vote?  The vote these
days is becoming more and more fragmented.

--
Guy Barry