If we had votes at 16, proportional representation and a written constitution we'd still have the same parties... possibly in a slightly different mix.
Possibly?
Every single time a country has significantly changed the voting system, including the UK, the party balance and structure has changed. Every country I've studied. Every time. I've yet to find an example of a country that's changed voting system or significantly changed the constitution and not, over the next decade or so, had a change within the party system.
The UK doesn't do revolutions, it never has, ever since 1688 those in power have always given enough ground to buy off or ameliorate enough supporters of revolution to stop it from happening.
There's zero point in hoping for a full on revolution, unless you have a real plan as to what happens next—so what's the plan, what's the afterwards vision?
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Date: 2013-10-29 05:57 pm (UTC)Possibly?
Every single time a country has significantly changed the voting system, including the UK, the party balance and structure has changed. Every country I've studied. Every time. I've yet to find an example of a country that's changed voting system or significantly changed the constitution and not, over the next decade or so, had a change within the party system.
The UK doesn't do revolutions, it never has, ever since 1688 those in power have always given enough ground to buy off or ameliorate enough supporters of revolution to stop it from happening.
There's zero point in hoping for a full on revolution, unless you have a real plan as to what happens next—so what's the plan, what's the afterwards vision?
How do you govern?