2nd post in as many days, this is what the election has done to me.
I think the current state of British politics is dismal. I have my own thoughts about where the country should go. Who should be PM and thoughts on the dissolved UK state?
The SNP member Angus Robinson made an interesting point today. He stated that LibDems should side with Labour due to the fact that Scotland and Wales voted for Labour and that Scotland won't be able to accept a coalition who became 3rd and 4th in Scotland. All 3 main party leaders have said that they should be doing what is best in the national interest. I have a question as to which nation they are talking to. The SNP are talking more about Scotland than UK but do Nick and Dave mean England rather than UK. I assume Gordon would be talking about UK as he is Scottish.
Scotland will not accept a Conservative government in any sense. It will provide the SNP and the Scots greater ammo to make Scotland independant which will be reflected in the Scottish elections next year. Scotland will not accept Conservatives making decisions on the economy and the issues that concern Scotland that are still held by the UK parliament. Scotland will not accept a minority of English people deciding on the Scottish economy, foreign issues and some home issues etc. This reminds me of Edward VIII manipulating John Balliol into the Scottish Monarchy. That didn't end well for the English.
I can't speak for Wales, i'm not Welsh and i don't know the Welsh feelings.
Whoever comes into a power - there should be a referendum on the state of the UK dissolved state. I would expect a referendum to ask the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on whether:
- things stay the same.
- England get a dissolved parliament and a parliament for UK issues
- All countries become independent
- All countries become united. One parliament
I think with this referendum there needs to be a referendum on the voting system and not just FPTP and AV. That's like asking the country, do you want this undemocratic system or this potentially more undemocratic system. Let's face it in 2005 would have gained a higher majority in parliament with the same minority of votes(35.5%).
As for what should happen as a result of this election, i think David Cameron should be PM but only allowed a majority on English issues only but for a Labour-LibDem coalition on UK issues. That is I believe what is in the national interest both England's interest and UK's national interest.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Brown Resigns
The general election was on Thursday and i've been following it avidly.
For the record, i'm a supporter of the liberal democrats.
The latest news is that Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and current leader of the Labour party has resigned as leader of the Labour party. Gordon Brown in his statement said that he wants a new leader in place by the party conference in September. Labour are going to enter into discussions with the Liberal Democrats.
The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives talks are going well. The Liberal Democrats have asked for clarification on some key points on which any agreement will be based upon such as economic stability, the pupil premium, taxes and voting reform. William Hague of the Conservatives have said that the Conservatives are willing to offer the Liberal Democrats a referendum on the Alternate Vote(AV) system.
The AV system can reproduce a more undemocratic parliament than the current First-past-the-post system. In fact if the AV system was applied to the 2005 election system, Labour would have had a larger majority in parliament than they did with the same 35.5% of the vote.
The AV system means that any candidate in a constituency would have to receive 50% of the votes and if no candidate reaches that then voters 2nd preferences will be taken into account.
As a Liberal Democrat supporter, i would prefer an agreement with Conservative but i don't mind a coalition with Labour - that would be legitimate as 52% of the electorate voted for Labour/LibDem but my concern with a Labour/LibDem coalition is that the Prime Minister of that coalition is unknown and that the LibDems do not know who they will be working with once a knew leader is chosen for the Labour party by the Labour party.
Yesterday, i became concerned when Former Home Secretary David Blunket said that he was "bewildered" by Clegg's fascination with electoral reform because then we would be in this situation after every election. From my point of view, Blunket said that he was bewildered by the fact that the Clegg wants a democracy. The First=past-the-post system in my opinion does not provide a democratic society. It provides a majority government the majority of the time voted for by a minority of the public and oppresses a number of political opinion. IMO, the current system returns a system that is almost a dictatorship masquerading as a democratic society.
The one thing that all the main parties are saying is that they want a stable government - we have never had a stable government. There is nothing stable about oscillating between Conservative and Labour every 5-10years. The only reasons the country oscillate between Conservative and Labour is because the majority of the country don't want Labour or Conservative in power so a sufficient proportion of the electorate will swing between Labour and Conservative don't want either of them in power but due to the voting system no other party is likely to gain enough support to overthrow Labour and Conservatives.
For the record, i'm a supporter of the liberal democrats.
The latest news is that Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and current leader of the Labour party has resigned as leader of the Labour party. Gordon Brown in his statement said that he wants a new leader in place by the party conference in September. Labour are going to enter into discussions with the Liberal Democrats.
The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives talks are going well. The Liberal Democrats have asked for clarification on some key points on which any agreement will be based upon such as economic stability, the pupil premium, taxes and voting reform. William Hague of the Conservatives have said that the Conservatives are willing to offer the Liberal Democrats a referendum on the Alternate Vote(AV) system.
The AV system can reproduce a more undemocratic parliament than the current First-past-the-post system. In fact if the AV system was applied to the 2005 election system, Labour would have had a larger majority in parliament than they did with the same 35.5% of the vote.
The AV system means that any candidate in a constituency would have to receive 50% of the votes and if no candidate reaches that then voters 2nd preferences will be taken into account.
As a Liberal Democrat supporter, i would prefer an agreement with Conservative but i don't mind a coalition with Labour - that would be legitimate as 52% of the electorate voted for Labour/LibDem but my concern with a Labour/LibDem coalition is that the Prime Minister of that coalition is unknown and that the LibDems do not know who they will be working with once a knew leader is chosen for the Labour party by the Labour party.
Yesterday, i became concerned when Former Home Secretary David Blunket said that he was "bewildered" by Clegg's fascination with electoral reform because then we would be in this situation after every election. From my point of view, Blunket said that he was bewildered by the fact that the Clegg wants a democracy. The First=past-the-post system in my opinion does not provide a democratic society. It provides a majority government the majority of the time voted for by a minority of the public and oppresses a number of political opinion. IMO, the current system returns a system that is almost a dictatorship masquerading as a democratic society.
The one thing that all the main parties are saying is that they want a stable government - we have never had a stable government. There is nothing stable about oscillating between Conservative and Labour every 5-10years. The only reasons the country oscillate between Conservative and Labour is because the majority of the country don't want Labour or Conservative in power so a sufficient proportion of the electorate will swing between Labour and Conservative don't want either of them in power but due to the voting system no other party is likely to gain enough support to overthrow Labour and Conservatives.
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