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December 06, 2005
Sarky Comment
The Times noted today that the island of Sark, in the Channel Islands, is considering a radical electoral reform.
Yes, from 2006 one person one vote may be coming to the island, although - we don't want to be hasty - it hasn't been finalised. The challenge to the existing rules, that include Droit de Seigneur (relax, only over property sales), comes not so much from the forces of democracy as the forces of plutocracy, as the Barclay brothers challenged the current system before the Privy Council. The judicial role of the Privy Council is hardly more defensible, but there we are. Incidentally, the modern go-ahead Times is now so opposed to feudalism that it seems unable to spell the word correctly.
Posted by lewisbaston on December 06, 2005
Comments
Isn't that where Thomas the Tank Engine lives?
Posted by: James at December 6, 2005 04:15 PM
Who is the one person who gets the one vote ? S/he isn't a former resident of Ankh, is s/he ?
Posted by: Simon Cursitor at December 14, 2005 03:42 PM
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