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March 26, 2008

Repentent sinners welcomed

A pithier phrase I have not seen for describing what our reaction should be to the seeming momentum behind dumping First-Past-the-Post from various Labour figures. The Daily Herald has several nice turns of phrase in Ryan Taylor's piece today:

Finally, still simmering on the back burner, is the suggestion of a form of PR for the Commons itself. It may be that enthusiasm for ditching first-past-the-post rises in direct correlation to that system ceasing to favour a Labour victory in a General Election. Still, repentant sinners are always most welcome. Not least in the court of public opinion, which long ago concluded that governments of any hue elected by barely more than a third of the voting populace lack a certain legitimacy.

Posted by malcolmclark on March 26, 2008

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