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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Liberals keep 'fragile' hold on power |
| jake |
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:44 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I don't think the Liberals are entitled to even call their win a "mandate". I bet you a lot of these 135 seats were the result of people voting for the local candidate they thought was most likely to beat the local Conservative candidate. So in a sense the Liberals will now form a governme... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Simple Proportional Representation |
| jake |
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 10:14 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 120
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| All the yakking and yipping about proportional representation is for naught, I fear. The fly in the ointment of proportional representation is party politics. No parliament largely consisting of party followers is going to do anymore than pay lip service to the idea of PR. It's not in their interest... |
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