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Re: Clicked post accidentally... continues matgb May 21 2008, 17:40:15 UTC
more MPs=the possibility of greater representation.

Longstanding party policy-linked to proper devolution so that you've got councillors and AMs as well, and also linked to introducing STV for elections, so we all get more MPs anyway, they're more representative of the nation, but there are less of them in totality.

Less white-men-in-suits, but more representative. But you'd transplant some of the displced MPs to whatever replaces the existing Regional Assemblies.

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matgb May 21 2008, 17:37:42 UTC
there is a right-wing consensus in mainstream politics

Disagree that it's "right wing". It's further to the right of either of us, but it's centrist rather than right-the current consensus is centrist, corporatist and vaguely authoritarian.

wouldn't fit with the positioning as a 'centrist' party

I don't see the positioning as 'centrist'-the positioning is Liberal, which is neither left nor right on the 20C scale but opposed to the current corporatist consensus (which is why Cameron's posturing works as all he has to be is more liberal than the Govt, he doesn't have to be a liberal as us).

What would be the point of this? Individual voters can already give £3

It's a direct lift from the Power Commission report-I've got the full report in a book, they were giving htem away free, but it's on site, the Exec Summary is worth a read, from which:20.  State  funding  to  support  local  activity  by  political  parties  to  be  introduced  based  on  the ( ... )

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rhythmaning May 21 2008, 19:49:01 UTC
I thought Nick Clegg's article was very interesting - and well written. I even thought I might join the LibDems! Or maybe not...

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