tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post7573702582580776058..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Campaign Diary: Meeting the 'enemy'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-12472776322327642362011-05-03T03:28:26.247+01:002011-05-03T03:28:26.247+01:00...the current system has served us pretty well fo...<i>...the current system has served us pretty well for the past hundred years and more!</i><br /><br />It has? Each time you have several MPs, some of them fairly famous and others downright notorious, who owe their positions to quite small fractions of voter support because a majority of the electorate don't even vote. There were 62 such MPs in 2001 and 38 in 2005 - probably fewer since last year's election and it's modest increase in turnout, but I haven't checked. To be sure AV will not actually fix this - I doubt one single reform can deal with all the problems and feel that several are needed to deal with the UK's democratic deficit - but all the same, it's not what I'd call 'serving us well'.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.com