Wednesday 21 April 2010

The Hypocracy of British Democracy

I struggle to understand how we can claim to be a democratic society whilst still running elections under the first past the post ward based counting system. As our current election round unfolds we are told that whilst Labour have significantly less support in the polls than both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats they could still under the current system win the largest number of seats. This is NOT democratic and suggests that every individual's vote has a different value based on both geography and history.

I can understand this system's approximation to democracy when people of similar backgrounds clustered around industries or business types but this is no longer the case. The advent of remote working and the near collapse of UK manufacturing, makes for a much more diverse and distributed society.

It is absolutely time to introduce full proportionate representation, any party that does not introduce this early in the next parliament cannot claim either to be democratic or servants of the people.

Politicians privilege is a thing of the past, it is time to listen and serve. Full PR is the only mechanism which supports this.

How democratic is the party you will be voting for? How much is your vote worth compared to your neighbours? How long will you tolerate and vote for such injustice?

There is no such thing as a wasted vote, if you'd like to vote for a party who has little chance of gaining a seat under the present system please don't just opt for a mainstream party to make your vote 'count', let your cross show how cross you are at being silenced. Let's get over 50% of the moral mandate out of the hands of the big three and then demand they change the legislation.

Let your voice be the change.......