tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post7083756687616078757..comments2024-03-28T17:31:43.711+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Who’s in charge around here?A K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-21918944120964394032014-04-26T19:16:01.451+01:002014-04-26T19:16:01.451+01:00Sackers - that's the other issue isn't it?...Sackers - that's the other issue isn't it? The first past the post vote destroyer.<br /><br />Sobers - I agree. Either that or they pay almost no attention to what is going on.<br /><br />Demetrius - good idea. Guardian readers would only have two MPs, less than beer-drinkers.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-24628714937360894782014-04-26T18:21:57.514+01:002014-04-26T18:21:57.514+01:00Once I had the idea of the electorate being divide...Once I had the idea of the electorate being divided into "primary groups" that is an organisation or set of ideas that was their main one. And for every hundred thousand in such a group you would get an MP. OK you would get some MP's from soccer supporters groups but even that might be better than the present lot.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-81846843801321845682014-04-26T12:31:31.692+01:002014-04-26T12:31:31.692+01:00Just as newspapers reflect the views and mores of ...Just as newspapers reflect the views and mores of their readers, we get a collective political class that represents us as a society. If politicians think its OK to lie cheat, steal and shag around, its because enough of the public are of a similar view.Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-23355661859444610322014-04-26T07:06:24.050+01:002014-04-26T07:06:24.050+01:00"... we elected the expense fiddlers, house-s..."... we elected the expense fiddlers, house-swapper, liars and serial trouser-droppers."<br /><br />Not I. Thanks to the constituency / safe seat system, I have never had someone I voted for become my MP.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com