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From: mike@erix.UUCP (Mike Williams)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: A Medal For Colonel Wilford
Message-ID: <766@erix.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 07:19:20 EST
Article-I.D.: erix.766
Posted: Mon Feb 25 07:19:20 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 1-Mar-85 09:19:09 EST
References: <8255@watarts.UUCP> <352@abnji.UUCP>
Reply-To: mike@erix.UUCP (Mike Williams)
Organization: L M Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden
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Summary: 

In article <352@abnji.UUCP> nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) writes:
>The Conservative Party's share of the votes in 1983 was actually lower than
>in 1979.  The opposition was almost evenly split between Labour and Alliance,
>so the Tories were reelected with a much larger majority.  (The actual
>votes were something like C 42% L 28% Lib/SDP 25% Others 5%)

Why does the Labour party continue to oppose proportional 
representation? What justification is there for a Conservative majority
in Parliament when L, Lib/SDP and "others" got  58% of the vote? Britain
cannot be called a democracy. This applies to all other countries with
similar crazy electorial systems USA, Australia, New Zealand ... in fact
all countries to which Britain exported the *%#@! system.

The only way to get Maggie and her crowd of blood suckers out is to have
a L+Lib+SDP alliance and then change the rotten system. If this is not
done *soon* we will find that people in Wales, Scotland, Northern England etc
begin to realise that their votes are not worth the paper they are cast on
and finding alternative ways in expressing their views.

--Mike Williams

(PS I also have worked for the Labour Party in many elections in Wales)