tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post6616700696204670423..comments2024-02-16T12:51:42.852+00:00Comments on Holyrood Chronicles: Simply complicatedDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02841453685669883035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post-25302778994981849472009-05-27T17:42:48.368+01:002009-05-27T17:42:48.368+01:00Independence for Scotland solves the question of h...Independence for Scotland solves the question of how to dump some Scots' MPs!John A Thomsonhttp://www.grumbingtummy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post-85279013204531225832009-05-27T12:33:24.392+01:002009-05-27T12:33:24.392+01:00Let's be clear - this is a move towards proportion...Let's be clear - this is a move towards proportional representation, but it is NOT proportional representation.<br /><br />Jenkins' AV+ was designed deliberately not to give good overall PR. AV+ was designed to keep single-member constituencies and to produce single-party majority governments at most general elections (based on the voting patterns up to 1997).<br /><br />Jenkins recommended thatJames Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374325929212547383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post-54528781818304923672009-05-27T12:01:27.805+01:002009-05-27T12:01:27.805+01:00BTW, Johnson favours voting 123 on the constituenc...BTW, Johnson favours voting 123 on the constituency MP. Presumably the recommendation of the Plant commission:<br /><br />"On polling day, a voter would have two ballot papers. The first would be for choosing the constituency MP: the voter marks his preferences (1, 2, 3 and so on) against the candidates."commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post-84371663271505806252009-05-27T11:52:25.901+01:002009-05-27T11:52:25.901+01:00Nice coverage of the 'gory details' behind the thr...Nice coverage of the 'gory details' behind the three letters. But I don't think calling a system 'elegant' implies that it's easy to implement, or precludes that there might be a number of decisions to be made on the precise details of the system.commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.com