tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post4901223578609969472..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: First Past the Post prevented Rotherham Council being challenged soonerMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-2941813073677665952015-02-06T09:10:57.566+00:002015-02-06T09:10:57.566+00:00I would add in this particular instance that whils...I would add in this particular instance that whilst I think politics is relevant, I'm not sure the result would have been any better under any other council, LD or Tory or anything really. (Possibly UKIP or the BNP !)<br /><br />The reason is that this 'non racist understanding' thing is embedded in the culture that would investigate it, pretty much irrespective of who the politicians in charge are. The permanent staff on councils often just carry on without taking a great deal of notice of their supposed masters.Paul Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12278875872815047472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-91758418361486014202015-02-06T09:07:23.752+00:002015-02-06T09:07:23.752+00:00Absolutely. You'd get the impression that nobo...Absolutely. You'd get the impression that nobody votes Tory in Scotland for example, but actually they get quite a lot of votes, just no seats. PR doesn't work either because of the disproportionate power it gives to small parties, and the party lists.<br /><br />I liked the STV. I would modify it slightly. The problem I had with it is that if I (say) voted Tory 1st, LD 2nd, Lab 3rd then then my Labour 'vote' would have the same value. I would like to see alternative votes be rated lower, so in the above example my LD vote would be worth 0.5 vote, and my Lab vote 0.25 of a vote.Paul Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12278875872815047472noreply@blogger.com