Electioneering
Apparently relations of some of our soldiers who have died in Iraq are going to stand against government ministers in elections. I don't think this is a good idea from their point of view, as I think they might be humiliated. But I do think it is a good way of protesting in light of our electoral system. Proponents of first past the post say that one of its main advantages is that the votes cast are for a particular MP. Furthermore Ministers are only able to be Ministers because they have been elected as MPs (obviously you still get Peers as Ministers but it is generally accepted they can't hold senior positions nowadays). If this is true then the sitting MP should welcome as much opposition as possible in order to prove how popular they are.
posted by Matthew @ 8/05/2006 11:53:00 AM
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