Progressive Electioneering

I should point out I'm a paid up member of the Liberal Democrats now. I would have liked us to do a deal with Gordon, but then I'd like us to do a deal with any party that isn't as regressive as the Conservatives with their entitlement mentality. I done some math earlier and because Sinn Fein never show up to parliament, the winning post is only 323 - the exact number of combined Labour, Liberal and DUP MPs. I hope Clegg takes Labour up on their gesture toward coalition and maybe we can get some real proportional representation through.

I like PR. It's fair. Everyone should have their say, even if it is disgusting (hiya, BNP). Labour and Conservative would probably see their vote share shrink to the benefit of the Liberals, Greens, Socialists, Nationalists and the lesser of evils UKIP. Coalition governments aren't a bad thing, they are the norm in most progressive societies. My claim isn't that their good because other people do it, it's more that they are good because other people do it and it works. Germany, New Zealand, Japan, Sweden. They all make it work.

A wee thought. If we accept parliament is too big and we reduce it to 500 seats (251 for a majority) and bring in PR, we would have seen the following results:

Conservative: 180

Labour: 145

Liberal: 115

Other: 60

And that's when people think a Liberal vote is a wasted vote. I can only imagine the heights we'd reach if people thought their Liberal vote actually counted. Maybe we could eat into Conservative and Labour votes... I can't imagine the other two coming out of a PR election with vote shares quite so high.

Dae it