The public outcry: 'Give us back our democracy'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=637454
Yesterday we launched a campaign to expose the iniquities of Britain's
electoral system. In response, we were inundated with letters from
readers. The national debate starts here...
11 May 2005
Sir: You rightly promote electoral reform as being a means of achieving
more representative government, but appear to overlook its possible
role in solving another major problem with our democracy, that of voter
apathy ("Why it's time for change", 10 May).
Under the current system political parties concentrate their
campaigning on marginal seats where the outcome is unknown and may be
affected by their efforts. Yet they seem surprised that many of the
electorate in safe seats might similarly calculate that voting is a
waste of precious time, since for most very little is affected by their
efforts.
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