Independent Backs Policy Blender
The Independent newspaper has today backed the campaign led by the Blender columnist known only by the shadowy nom de plume 'Chris'. Chris has tirelessly campaigned for the last two or more weeks on the Policy Blender for a serious discussion over the merits of proportional representation.
PR for PR
The Independent's insertion into the campaign comes after Zimbabwean officials publicly criticised the British electoral system.
Chris said today: "Wrouargh! Bleuruuiigkk!"
He added later that the UK election had also attracted criticism from Belarus. Their statement was only available in Russian, but has been diligently translated by the Policy Blender resident Russian expert:
"Look at you lot with your high and fucking mighty democracy. We tried to get our observers registered for your election but guess what they got refused. We checked it out and your law doesn't even allow domestic let alone foreign observers into polling stations. Also if we wanted to observe a count we would have had to make an appointment! If the same thing happened in our country you'd have written a horrible report saying 'falls well short of international standards' and 'serious deficiencies in democratic norms', and probably you and all your friends in the EU and America would have made a big statement encouraging all the opposition to rise up against us and then we'd have been forced to shoot them and it would all be your fault. So don't come round to our country criticising our elections in the future, because yours are a big smelly heap of shit"
Belarus: a red state
PR for PR
The Independent's insertion into the campaign comes after Zimbabwean officials publicly criticised the British electoral system.
Chris said today: "Wrouargh! Bleuruuiigkk!"
He added later that the UK election had also attracted criticism from Belarus. Their statement was only available in Russian, but has been diligently translated by the Policy Blender resident Russian expert:
"Look at you lot with your high and fucking mighty democracy. We tried to get our observers registered for your election but guess what they got refused. We checked it out and your law doesn't even allow domestic let alone foreign observers into polling stations. Also if we wanted to observe a count we would have had to make an appointment! If the same thing happened in our country you'd have written a horrible report saying 'falls well short of international standards' and 'serious deficiencies in democratic norms', and probably you and all your friends in the EU and America would have made a big statement encouraging all the opposition to rise up against us and then we'd have been forced to shoot them and it would all be your fault. So don't come round to our country criticising our elections in the future, because yours are a big smelly heap of shit"
Belarus: a red state
I'd trade 12 more Tory MPs for 60 less Labour MPs. And 7 Green MPs. And a whole range of independent candidates, who got into Parliament on their own merit, not on those of their smug grinning party leader (no-one specific in mind, I think it applies to all three).
Posted by
Matt |
Wed May 11, 11:42:00 am
I'd say, if the BNP are gettign 5% of the vote, democrarcy says they should have seats. Shame that PR would mean independent candidates are all but ruled out.
Posted by
Matt |
Wed May 11, 02:18:00 pm