More cuts required
The Conservatives proposal to cut the number of MPs at Westminster is excellent. I have argued before that this would be the single most effective way of increasing the prestige and power of individual MPs vis-a-vis the government, something the last 25 years have shown is sorely lacking in the British system.The proposals do not go far enough. Congress gets by with about 535 members -- the UK Parliament has well over 1000, despite a population only 1/5th as large. The Conservatives should announce that they will cut the number of MPs to 300, and limit the size of the ministerial payroll to 60.
posted by Matthew @ 12/29/2004 07:49:00 PM
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