{"id":4588,"date":"2010-05-10T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:46:29","slug":"constitutional-wish-list-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=4588","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional wish list"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the light of the fascinating post-election negotiations, I thought I’d sketch my ideal political reforms – if I was made dictator for a day:
– retain constituencies for the House of Commons, but replace FPTP with “AV”<\/a> (not AV+);
– make all constituencies approximately equal in size;
– fixed terms of five years;
– potential for recall\/dismissal of an MP in some circumstances;
– impose pure PR on the House of Lords (party lists);
– also have equivalent of party lists (the great and the good, eg bishops) to represent the non-voting proportion in the Upper House (eg if only 65% of population vote, then 35% of seats in Upper House are allocated to non-party Lords);
– give Upper House power to impose referendum on disputed legislation;
– bring in an English Parliament.<\/p>\n

I am rather hoping that Cameron and Clegg can create a coalition. It would be good in all sorts of ways (and very much in the LibDem interest).
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