tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582087745212939575.post4407425076425008139..comments2023-06-16T02:17:30.980-07:00Comments on Jersey Discussion, Argument, Comment and Message Blog: Clothier? Think TwiceUgh, It's Him!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06194792008692398706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582087745212939575.post-67196105520162410932013-11-12T04:42:45.085-08:002013-11-12T04:42:45.085-08:00Well said Anonymous. That was the point I was gett...Well said Anonymous. That was the point I was getting at.<br /><br />As Ugh It's Him! says below, the UK system isn't perfect. It would be much better if it was more proportional. But the point I make about only elected 1 out of a large number of representatives isn't unusual in any democracy, and it isn't that aspect alone that makes our democracy a farce.<br /><br />The proposed changes definitely aren't the be all and end all, but hopefully they'll help foster a more democratic culture in the island. At the moment, most people involved in politics here have contempt for the idea of democracy, they'd rather we were just run by the old boys club, a set of good chaps.<br /><br />Party politics is the way forward, but I suspect we are quite far off that point at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582087745212939575.post-10910707744802495262013-11-11T03:08:19.120-08:002013-11-11T03:08:19.120-08:00At least with a party system you feel you've h...At least with a party system you feel you've had a direct say in which national party gets to form a government and put their manifesto policies into action. You don't get that over here with 50-odd different independent personalities most of which you can't vote for/against.<br /><br />Whatever you argue, the fact remains that the majority here feel that voting won't change anything, and they don't want to have anything to do with it. You should seriously question whether any proposed changes will make any difference to that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582087745212939575.post-89995535636225204542013-11-10T12:55:52.138-08:002013-11-10T12:55:52.138-08:00No, that is exactly what is wrong. It doesn't ...No, that is exactly what is wrong. It doesn't work well there. In the 80s I lived in Kent, and there was an election just before I returned to Jersey. I voted Green and got Anne Widdecombe! If we had had a regional slate of 10 from 40-odd, I might have got someone I wanted amongst the winners.Ugh, It's Him!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06194792008692398706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582087745212939575.post-21201409582563491332013-11-10T05:37:19.294-08:002013-11-10T05:37:19.294-08:00In the UK they can only vote for one out 650 MPs, ...In the UK they can only vote for one out 650 MPs, which makes what you've just said sound fairly ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582087745212939575.post-50229372134824650192013-11-09T02:41:03.013-08:002013-11-09T02:41:03.013-08:001 vote, 12, does it matter? Unless I can vote for ...1 vote, 12, does it matter? Unless I can vote for all of them, or at least more than half, then I don't have any effective say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com