Emily (not verified) on 11.20am on Monday 10th May, 2010
I agree with you about arguments regarding the Conservatives’ right to form a government. But the point about the protests for the voting system is that a small window of opportunity has been opened up by this result and the role the Lib Dems are playing. It’s not enough to wait for the next election and to lobby our MPs – the ERS has been doing that for 125 years. So really it is ‘now or not for a very long time’. And the protests will strengthen the hand of those within the talks who are arguing exactly this point. It has always been said that you will never get people marching in the streets for electoral reform, that it’s not an issue anyone really cares about. To show that people (even if only a small number of people organised through facebook) do care, could make a real difference to internal discussions.
I agree with you about
I agree with you about arguments regarding the Conservatives’ right to form a government. But the point about the protests for the voting system is that a small window of opportunity has been opened up by this result and the role the Lib Dems are playing. It’s not enough to wait for the next election and to lobby our MPs – the ERS has been doing that for 125 years. So really it is ‘now or not for a very long time’. And the protests will strengthen the hand of those within the talks who are arguing exactly this point. It has always been said that you will never get people marching in the streets for electoral reform, that it’s not an issue anyone really cares about. To show that people (even if only a small number of people organised through facebook) do care, could make a real difference to internal discussions.