Chris said that he
we are going to have to learn how to use this proportional electoral system
I
predict over the next ten years a group will emerge that will put a more
radical reasonably-coherent reformist position.
I think the LSA already had put a radical reasonably-coherent
reformist
At 15:19 04/05/00 +, you wrote:
Dear comrades,
I have been quietly reading the Left press in relation to the London
Election and Ken Livingstone London's Mayoral candidate which is
happening today.
A large section of the Trotskyist Left and the Marxist Leninist CPGB
are backing Ken
Chris replied:
Proportional voting and tactical voting are becoming more important here.
Although there are delays in the London counting, one result tonight shows
massive tactical voting got the Conservative MP out in a Parliamentary
by-election, with Labour voters switching to Liberal
On Fri, 5 May 2000, J.WALKER wrote:
My main argument (as I am not keen on just going over the old debates
of anti-parliamentarianism) is that the Left in its opposition to New
Labour either harks back to a false Golden Age of Old Labour which it
cannot attain or cannot see beyond
David wrote:
Turnout in elections is certainly falling and will probably fall further
at the next general election, but IMHO this represents not a rejection of
the 'parliamentary road' than a rejection of the possibility of any kind
of change.
Yes I agree. I may actively abstain from
At 13:24 05/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Andy Lehrer wrote:
The results thus far are disappointing. The LSA's only chance at an
outright
first-past-the-post seat, Ian Page, has not been elected and as for the
"top-up"
PR returns the LSA seems to be running between 2-3%
