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Re: It works alright when you have a two- or 2½-party system with support divided geographically. Macharius Send a noteboard - 26/04/2010 06:14:44 PM
Now, as a classroom exercise, design an electoral system where seats are allocated fairly according to how many votes each party gets, but where extremist parties like the BNP find it very hard to get seats, and where it's actually possible for someone to form a government without ending up with a coalition that nobody voted for. Answers on a postcard to Nick Clegg, who'll give a knighthood to whoever can find a solution.


Gerrymander the voting districts so that BNP (and other small parties) supporters are fragmented and ineffectual, and you're left with the appropriate two-party system that will never have to worry about coalition governments again.
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British politics is ... like a basket of crazy muffins. But they taste nice. - 26/04/2010 09:34:57 AM 931 Views
British politics or muffins taste nice? Or both? - 26/04/2010 10:52:35 AM 623 Views
Both - 26/04/2010 05:11:54 PM 781 Views
You are crazy in the head - 26/04/2010 05:20:06 PM 649 Views
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Indeed - 26/04/2010 11:01:30 AM 700 Views
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Didn't mean to put the effectively in there - 26/04/2010 11:17:20 AM 559 Views
That makes more sense - 26/04/2010 11:24:33 AM 711 Views
They've been trying to work out exactly what her powers are... - 26/04/2010 01:31:04 PM 785 Views
It is interesting - 26/04/2010 02:13:21 PM 635 Views
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Yeah, I follow elections in lots of countries. - 26/04/2010 11:11:28 AM 745 Views
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My sympathies - 26/04/2010 06:13:25 PM 881 Views
It's all very entertaining. - 26/04/2010 01:46:25 PM 646 Views
Re: It's all very entertaining. - 26/04/2010 05:21:25 PM 763 Views
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Im assuming youre back in your country now... - 26/04/2010 03:28:53 PM 651 Views
Well, not "my" country, technically, - 26/04/2010 05:22:20 PM 576 Views
It works alright when you have a two- or 2½-party system with support divided geographically. - 26/04/2010 04:40:31 PM 556 Views
Oh, it is easy. - 26/04/2010 04:54:43 PM 722 Views
Depends on your definition of "alright", I think. - 26/04/2010 05:26:19 PM 615 Views
Re: It works alright when you have a two- or 2½-party system with support divided geographically. - 26/04/2010 06:14:44 PM 610 Views
I just like hearing them talk *NM* - 26/04/2010 06:25:05 PM 282 Views
So do they. *NM* - 26/04/2010 06:26:00 PM 262 Views
LOL! *NM* - 26/04/2010 06:33:02 PM 343 Views
Big fucking deal. Coalitions of less than 5 parties = LAME *NM* - 28/04/2010 12:03:36 AM 256 Views

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