Seems like half the world according to the (admittedly unreliable!) Wiki! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation#List_of_countries_using_proportional_representation
If it means 5 BNP MP's or 5 Radical Muslim MP's, you might not agree with it, but that's what .77% of the electorate want and they should be represented. After all they are meant to be servants to us! Also, what exactly is wrong with a hung parliament? Doesn't it mean the MP's will have to spend their time debating and coming to a general concensus of what is good for the country, rather than appearing on TV all the time boosting their ego's? > The system is designed to produce a strong majority for one party on > the premise that this is the best system. It also onyl works if there > are 2 strong parties, not 3. > > Having no experience of any other system, I have no idea if this is > the best way or not. > > What countries have true proportional representation, and how does it > work out for them? > > On 30 April 2010 11:41, Tim Leslie <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's a total and utter sham these days. >> It's not about politics anymore, hasn't been since Labour sold their >> soul >> twenty years ago. >> It's not about us anymore, it's about them. >> Personally I'll only be interested again when 1 man 1 vote actually >> means >> something, when YOUR vote truly counts. Better educated and informed >> people may respond to this telling me how it's not the way forward >> because >> blah blah blah. But until the Victorian system of local boundaries for a >> National election are abolished and everyone can vote knowing it will >> count, then British Politics, for me, is a sham and not in any way shape >> or form, representative of 'The will of the people' >> > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
