Just wanted to pick up a point made by GB in Vol4. PR. GB – you seemed to be saying that the LibDems have missed an opportunity to get PR implemented. I’d like to understand how you think there was an opportunity when they only have 57 MPs. The rest of Parliament would have voted against any proposal to introduce PR.
Until there’s a majority LibDem government (which will never happen, sadly) we will never get PR. There is nothing they could have promised to the Tories in this Government which the Tories would have traded for allowing the Libs to get PR through Parliament. It is pure and total fantasy to think otherwise. You can give the Libs stick over the tuition fee thing if you like, however I think those that do are still missing the point that they are in coalition and by definition simply can not keep all manifesto pledges in those circumstances.
I voted Yes to AV in the referendum. However, there’s a part of me that’s now happy we aren’t moving towards PR what with so many people seemingly buying the fantasies and soundbites of UKIP.
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