http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/11/viva-proportional-representation/ Sat, 25 May 2013 17:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/11/viva-proportional-representation/#comment-4262 Chris Hyland Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:09:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/11/26/viva-proportional-representation/#comment-4262 "No progress will now be made on the European constitution over the next six months. Although both the big parties are in favour, they are not strong enough to overrule the hostility of a nation -- the Dutch voted no to a constitutional treaty in their referendum. And the Socialist Party is adamantly against one." I'm having trouble reading that as anything other than 'coalition governments more accurately reflect the view of the people'. “No progress will now be made on the European constitution over the next six months. Although both the big parties are in favour, they are not strong enough to overrule the hostility of a nation — the Dutch voted no to a constitutional treaty in their referendum. And the Socialist Party is adamantly against one.”
I’m having trouble reading that as anything other than ‘coalition governments more accurately reflect the view of the people’.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/11/viva-proportional-representation/#comment-4261 bigTom Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:27:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/11/26/viva-proportional-representation/#comment-4261 I tend to agree with you. Of course as someone who could be accused of Compulsive Centrist Disorder, it has been very discouraging to see politics in this country controlled largely by the most fervent true believers of either party. Basically the problem of getting candidates through the primary process has seemed to produce more extreme candidates. So we have ended up with goverment by the majority faction of the majority party. I tend to agree with you. Of course as someone who could be accused of Compulsive Centrist Disorder, it has been very discouraging to see politics in this country controlled largely by the most fervent true believers of either party. Basically the problem of getting candidates through the primary process has seemed to produce more extreme candidates. So we have ended up with goverment by the majority faction of the majority party.

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