Oh come on. It's clear he is simply providing the "other side" of the view to those being aired alone. By doing so he is trying to ensure there isn't a bias.
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FPTP is the best - with standardised constiuence sizes. Rage.
again NO, if a party came third they'd have to rely on coallitions in which theyd be strongly muted and in a coallition the best policies which are agreed on often get put through, which in turn hopefully about 60% of peopel will agree with
Whereas torys say were much better off having a government with 35% of the votes with say about 30% of people only agreeing with whats passed each time, legislation being passed at will?
I just don't understand the tory state of mind at all, sorry.
please please please don't give us that.
The BBC is neutral and liberal, this doesn't make it left wing as so many tory newspapers like to moan and complain. Lets keep in mind that the torys want to privatise the BBC to an even greater extent than other parties. its clear they have their own 'zomg left wing modeeled organisation' fear agenda at heart.
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Who says teh deals are what is best for teh country.
Just because a party decides they will do a policy for a coalition. Does in no way translate to 60% of the population agreeing to it.
People do not vote on one issue and it could be anything from 0-100%
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Why are you singly out the Tory's here???
Like say, the Independent Commission on the Voting System (the Jenkins Commission) which took place in 1997?Acidhell2 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_Commission_(UK)
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His Tory past is awfully well documented (head of Young Conservatives), but his time at ITV and subsequently the BBC have been characterised his unbiased, impartial reporting.
Admit-ably, he has tripped himself up a little bit today.
Under PR with a 5% cut-off the BNP still wouldn't have any seats.
Like say, the Independent Commission on the Voting System (the Jenkins Commission) which took place in 1997?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_Commission_(UK)
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And is now massively outdated due to devolution and the changes in places such as the house of lords.
Why are you singly out the Tory's here???
Labour support reform, Lib dems do. Torys oppose it as its their only hope of keeping power as the more media savvy generations come up through and start voting with the correct incentives
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bloody clegg mania has done untold damage to this country.
We are screwed now whatever hotch potch government we get
We are screwed now whatever hotch potch government we get
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Frustration and tiredness I'm sure. He's great.
Neither would the greens or any small other party if you're talking 5% at national level.
You can keep saying it, it doesn't make it any more true.
FPTP is biased towards large parties, and it is of course wholly unrepresentative of the wishes of the 'losing' people, which in many cases greatly outnumber those that voted for the 'winning party'
Changing the constituency sizes does not and will not make FPTP any fairer as the above flaws are inherent in the system.
So is any other system. You have no idea which policies people voted for and which people want to see implemented.
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I suggest you go and look at the 2005 and 2010 election results for Lab and Con.
So you honestly believe the best option for this country right now, is to enter into a system where every 5 years we would have this embarassing mess that we have now. A state where Clegg is whoring him self around with little regard for "national interest" whilst the pound continues to take a beating? A party with the support of 2.3 people out of every 10 who voted suddenly has ALL the power as to who forms the next government, that strikes me as being more undemocratic than PR to be frank.
Honestly, all this electoral reform stuff should be about 3rd or 4th on the list of important things to do. Certainly behind the rather large issue of sorting out the economy.
"Media savvy generations"?
What, the idiots that will vote based on soundbites and other 'cool' things?
Just as well the 'Lib Dem Facebook Army' were too lazy to actually go out and register to vote.
They are support their proposed changes to the electoral system to benefit their own interests, none of them are particular concerned about creating a fair system. There is no such thing as a fair system, people will always be unrepresented and others will be over represented.
I'm all for electoral reform, I'm also a Conservative voter. But we need to find a system that works for the majority - and it can't be born from the wills of ONE political party. There requires an informed, unbiased debate that is kept separate from party politics like the one that has happened before.
So PR is fair, as long as it means the really small parties don't get into government?
Sounds really fair to me.