I believe Robert's comment to my earlier post misses Delia's point. In a national financial emergency, party politics were put aside. Out elected representatives saw what needed to be done in the national interest. Sadly, party loyalties revived in the period of complacency which set in. The spirit of the coalition agreement was forgotten by both signatories to the agreement. One suspects that the comfort of the ministerial Jaguar proved seductive.
Of course, to make a real start on breaking down the power of the big party machines one needs a fair voting system, one that can allow individual representatives to act with integrity. A cross-party initiative, Get PR Done, has been launched and Anthony Tuffin explains here why jiggling about with boundaries does not cure our present malaise
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