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October 18, 2006
For the record
For those that missed it, Alan Milburn's advocation of some sort of proportional system for Westminster, possibly the Alternative Vote.
And we should go further. Local police and health services should be made more directly accountable to local people through elections. Our aim should be to open up Britain to greater democratic input. That would include direct elections to the House of Lords. It would include an obligation on both national and local governments – perhaps enshrined in a binding and legal constitutional settlement - to share power not hoard it. And after a decade where New Labour has become associated, often unfairly, with central control it needs to include a new, less tribal, more relaxed and open culture – where there is more dialogue and less monologue. And to give this new plural politics force we should move to a more proportional system of elections – perhaps through the alternative vote method – for both Houses of Parliament.
Full speech here.
Posted by pauldavies on October 18, 2006
Comments
Well that's that, then. It's been fun everybody...
Posted by: Justin at October 18, 2006 02:48 PM
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