edao
Elite member
Do you think democracy works?
Lets take the UK 2010 elections. info
If we ignore the individual political parties but instead split the vote in a left wing / right wing way.
Right Wing
Conservatives - share of the vote 36.1%
Left Wing/Centre Left
Labour - share of the vote 29%
Lib dems - share of the vote 23%
so forgetting the parties we have:
36% for the right
52% for the left
Currently the government consists of a coilition of the Conservatives and the Lib Dems, but the policies being carried out are largely right wing with minor concessions to the Lib Dems.
So we have a majority vote for left wing policies which is undermined by back room deals in which the Conseravtive secure power with a mear 36% of the vote.
That doesn't sound terribly democratic to me?
Lets take the UK 2010 elections. info
If we ignore the individual political parties but instead split the vote in a left wing / right wing way.
Right Wing
Conservatives - share of the vote 36.1%
Left Wing/Centre Left
Labour - share of the vote 29%
Lib dems - share of the vote 23%
so forgetting the parties we have:
36% for the right
52% for the left
Currently the government consists of a coilition of the Conservatives and the Lib Dems, but the policies being carried out are largely right wing with minor concessions to the Lib Dems.
So we have a majority vote for left wing policies which is undermined by back room deals in which the Conseravtive secure power with a mear 36% of the vote.
That doesn't sound terribly democratic to me?