Comments on: Political reform http://www.leyton.org/2009/05/27/political-reform/ Thoughts. Comment. Opinion. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pete http://www.leyton.org/2009/05/27/political-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-25973 Pete Thu, 28 May 2009 09:02:53 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/?p=1769#comment-25973 <p>I am concerned that PR creates split parliaments, weak governments (look at Italy - although admittedly their problems go beyond PR) and gives fringe parties an (ironically) disproportionate influence.</p> <p>I agree that a "snap" election is a bad idea and encourages people to vote out of spite on a single (not hugely important in the long run) issue without thinking about who or what they are voting for.</p> I am concerned that PR creates split parliaments, weak governments (look at Italy – although admittedly their problems go beyond PR) and gives fringe parties an (ironically) disproportionate influence.

I agree that a “snap” election is a bad idea and encourages people to vote out of spite on a single (not hugely important in the long run) issue without thinking about who or what they are voting for.

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