tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421989101059611114.post5342554863733770916..comments2023-06-06T06:49:15.442-04:00Comments on Timothy Lethbridge's ideas on Technology and Politics: Will the NDP get us closer to proportional representation? Here's my suggestionTimothy Lethbridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176966743934194451noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421989101059611114.post-23827838762151923732011-05-01T18:42:36.793-04:002011-05-01T18:42:36.793-04:00Tim,
Still doesn't seem right that BQ would en...Tim,<br />Still doesn't seem right that BQ would end up with 50 seats for only 10% of the vote.<br />They're voting this month in the UK in a referendum on changing the voting system to the Alternative Vote. It's not perfect, but it certainly seems the simplest way to modify first-past-the-post in a parliamentary system. The interesting parallel is that the Lib-Dems, who demanded the referendum as junior members in a coalition government, played a role equivalent to the NDP in Canadian federal politics - always the third party, they'd never been in government, and had always made proportional representation as a key plank in their platform.<br />It will be interesting to see how the result affects Canadian thinking...Steve Easterbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11770382994758220846noreply@blogger.com