A general election every day
I think I've got it. I was toying with the idea that it would be sensible to copy the Senate, and re-elect a third of parliament every two years. It would certainly keep the government on its toes, but would surely also mean constant electioneering. And then it struck me - constant electioneering - what an idea. Why not re-elect every seat equally staggered over five years? Five years multiplied by 51 weeks (Christmas break) is 255, so if we have two a week, say Sunday and Thursday, that makes 510 MPs. This is slightly fewer than have we now, so we could either reduce the number of MPs, or there could be simply be another on Tuesdays of every other week.Think of the benefits. 'Political junkies' would actually come to resemble real junkies, having stayed up to 4am two or three times a week for the results. Opinion polls would become unnecessary, as there would be a real election every day. A government in trouble, like now, would be able to count the number of weeks until it lost its majority (about 20 weeks at this rate) and would be forced to make ever more ludicrous efforts to turn the country around. And countless more advantages.
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posted by Matthew @ 6/08/2009 10:31:00 PM
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