> no one wants suffer the temporary pain to make the reforms needed to change it
If you could get one bill through Parliament, what would it do?
If you could get one bill through Parliament, what would it do?
I would also insert a trapdoor that future changes to the voting system would require the approval of >50% of eligible voters, including non-voters. Yes, I know Parliament cannot bind its successors and all that, but at least I can make it look bad to change it again.
Does this solve any of the immediate problems? No. Does it solve the dysfunctionality since 2008? I think so, especially given that polling these days looks like five parties getting 20% of the vote each. Labour themselves came to power on 38% of the vote.
This is your pet issue, completely based on the grass looking greener on the other side.
Man doesn't have any ideas! Let alone insane ones. He's simply the dull thud of quiescent authoritarianism.
What would be nice for voting reform, is to add regional elections across the nation (replacing the old European ones). This would be a great layer of government to vote in coalitions, who deal with 'softer day to day areas of government' (care, benefits, roads, etc). Would be a great incubator for national talent, too. We should be able to see how future PMs deal with a region before trusting them with national affairs.
Brexit was -8% GDP, according to Bank of England.
Wanting people who disagree with you to "just die out" is profoundly antidemocratic.
Only way into the EU is way you described. Full on Schengen, EUR, no more special UK exceptions etc. Will never fly.
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