[Marxism] Blair's Non-Victory Stimulates Electoral Reform

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sixty-two per cent of the electorate disagree with Blair on electoral
reform

Public support for a fairer voting system  . . . is now favoured by a
majority of nearly 3 to 1.

A survey by NOP for The Independent found that 62 per cent of people
agree that Britain should bring in proportional representation (PR) so
that the number of MPs each party secures matches its votes more
closely. Only 17 per cent disagree. NOP's finding is believed to show
the strongest support yet for a switch to a proportional system.

When the same question has been asked on a number of occasions since
1992, support for PR has ranged from 44 per cent to 49 per cent.

Support for change appears to have grown following the debate over
whether Labour secured a genuine mandate on 5 May after winning just
over a third of the votes cast and the backing of just over one in
five.

FULL AND SIDEBARS at
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=638939
or http://makeashorterlink.com/?H27F1261B

For additional articles prompted by Blair's nonvictory, go to
http://www.fairvote.org/index.php?page=53


Brian Shannon


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