UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:......
So theres only 2 big parties available to vote for in my area really......
Seems to be case that when an area is so "entrenched" in it's support for specific parties, that other parties don't put up candidates as they are pretty sure that they will lose their deposit....so, it saves them the cost of "fighting" a seat they think they cannot win...
This is what makes a mockery of the so called "democratic process"....I reckon every major party should field a candidate in every area, coz you just never know the electorates "whim", if given a wider choice....
I'm also against the policy of putting "well-known" politicians who previously "lost" their seat at the previous election, into so-called "safe" seats, where due to the specific demographic of the area, they are "bound to win".... This happened with Mandelson a while ago and it reeks of "rigging" the process, so that each party can have it's "inhouse favourites" back into Parliament, overpaid at our expense.....
I reckon PR is still the way to go though....rather than first past the post...
regards,
Tim
Respect well we all know they are doolally.
