Is our Parliamentery System outdated

[Bedders]

The Labour manifesto states that if re-elected they will hold a Democracy Day next year, in which a referendum will be held on a choice of voting systems.

 

The Conservatives have flatly refused to consider changing first-past-the-post voting. However, they will legislate to reduce the number of MPs. The Tories know full well that this will greatly reduce the number of Labour MPs (and probably reduce the number of Lib Dem MPs) - thus likely as not entrenching Conservative governments in future general elections.

 

That's what I would call an elected dictatorship!

 

Labour promised a referendum on a new electoral system for the House of Commons in 1997 & thirteen years later.......erm still nothing!

 

In its 2005 election manifesto Labour promised a referendum on the Constitutional Treaty, which was abandoned after "no" votes in referendums in France and the Netherlands.

 

I just don't believe a word they say. They promise then distort,twist & backtrack. Liars!!!

[Bedders]

Link: http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2010/04/08/gordon-brown-promises-democracy-day-referendums-on-a-radical-constitutional-shake-up-92534-26198044/

 

"What Mr Brown called “the most comprehensive programme of constitutional for a century” included:

 

A referendum, by October, 2011, on the AV system for the Commons and on a proportional representation (PR) system for the Lords, removing the remaining hereditary peers;

 

Fixed-term Parliaments, removing the Prime Minister’s ability to call a general election at a time of his or her choosing;

 

A right to recall MPs guilty of “gross financial misconduct”;

 

A right to petition the Commons to trigger debates on issues of “significant public concern”;

 

Giving Parliament a free vote on reducing the voting age to 16;

 

A ban on MPs carrying out lobbying work – and a requirement for those wanting to take up outside jobs to gain approval from an independent body."

 

I personally favour a system of PR, and as a Labour Party member would lobby for PR to be included in any constitutional referendum.

 

Blah, blah, blah.......yawn!

[GetItDone]

 

i'm not familiar with the phrase "2nd world". But it seems you are not familiar with the fact that third world immigrants do not have the vote in uk elections.

 

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[GetItDone]

 

I'm not familiar with the phrase "2nd world". But it seems you are not familiar with the fact that third world immigrants do not have the vote in UK elections.

 

 

 

Oh please...working class white British people are turning their backs on you, so you get Rwandan's, Bangladehi's, Pakistani's and Ghanaian's etc to vote for you instead. The working classes in these places are your constituants now arn't they?

[Longcol]

Oh please...working class white British people are turning their backs on you, so you get Rwandan's, Bangladehi's, Pakistani's and Ghanaian's etc to vote for you instead. The working classes in these places are your constituants now arn't they?

 

Nearly 30% of the BME population aren't registered to vote. Only 6% of the White Brits aren't.

 

So that's another popular myth gone west.

[GetItDone]

Nearly 30% of the BME population aren't registered to vote. Only 6% of the White Brits aren't.

 

So that's another popular myth gone west.

 

So your saying that a little over 70% are? well thats plenty, it doesnt take a lot of votes to get elected you know...and theres been a lot of voter apathy amongst white Brits.........

[bogeynose]

What was the original question...oh yes: Is our Parliamentery System outdated.

Yes.

[sccsux]

The Labour manifesto states that if re-elected they will hold a Democracy Day next year, in which a referendum will be held on a choice of voting systems.

 

And will full proportional representation be on the list, or just the additional vote method?

 

A referendum, by October, 2011, on the AV system for the Commons and on a proportional representation (PR) system for the Lords, removing the remaining hereditary peers

 

So, that's a yes to only the AV method. Full PR is not on the labour agenda..

[Aries22]

How can it be right for a goverment to be elected on only about 30% of the vote, what about the other 70%

[sccsux]

How can it be right for a goverment to be elected on only about 30% of the vote

 

It's not:(.

 

The current system favours only LieBore and the CONservatives (which is one reason why they will never be in favour of full PR).