Andy Burnham urged to change UK’s voting system before it’s 'too late'
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is poised to urge Andy Burnham to introduce proportional representation before the next general election, warning that failure to act could render it "too late".
Speaking at the Institute for Government on Tuesday, Sir Ed is expected to caution that Labour may find itself "powerless to do anything" to alter the voting system once the election has ended.
He will appeal directly to Mr Burnham to collaborate, asserting that if Mr Burnham is "serious about changing the way we do politics", then his "door is open" for discussions.
“Oh, I’m entirely with you there,” said Dalloway. “Nobody can condemn the utter folly and futility of such behaviour more than I do; and as for the whole agitation, well! may I be in my grave before a woman has the right to vote in England! That’s all I say.”
The solemnity of her husband’s assertion made Clarissa grave. “It’s unthinkable,” she said. “Don’t tell me you’re a suffragist?” she turned to Ridley.
“I don’t care a fig one way or t’other,” said Ambrose. “If any creature is so deluded as to think that a vote does him or her any good, let him have it. He’ll soon learn better.”
Virginia Woolf - The Voyage Out (1915)
Virginia Woolf - The Voyage Out (1915)
2 comments:
I vaguely recall that we had a referendum on this and voted "no". So that'll be two referenda that the scum wish to ignore.
People who cannot win under the old rules try to change the rules until they can. If the do manage to change the rules then they will soon find out the disadvantages of the new rules.
I suggest that proportional representation might be seen as a way of limiting populism and Reform. But PR that is rushed through will not last.
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