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Friday, 06 May 2005
Beleaguered, Belaboured
05/05/05 will not so much go down in history, but rather sink into its murky depths - a uniquely unremarkable election.
It was an vote that was never destined to say YES to anything, but had the potential to say an overwhelming NO to Tony Blair, New Labour and George W Bush. And in fact Labour has been returned to power on the lowest share of the vote ever, with nearly two-thirds of people voting against them.
Vote Share
And it could have been much worse for Tony if more people had voted based on their opinions rather than their fears. Personally I think Blair should be shot for frightening people away from voting for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives were never going to win a majority - no matter how many people voted against Labour. The absolute worst that could have happened is a hung parliament with Labour requiring Lib Dem support on issues of confidence and supply, and all bills only being passed by genuine consensus. In my opinion that would have been the absolute best outcome for this country.
It's clearly time for electoral reform in the UK. This outdated first-past-the-post, two-party, semi-democratic system is patently not giving the people of Britain the government they want.
Imagine if the pie-chart above was not only the distribution of votes, but also the distribution of seats in the Commons. Not only would Tony Blair be out on his ear, but his party would need the support of the either the Tories or more likely the Lib Dems to pass any new legislation. No more outrageous bills being passed only because too few Labour MPs were willing to rebel.
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