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Clare Short and Electoral Reform

The key point about Electoral Reform is that it increases the power of the elector against the Civil Servant.

In practise a powerful single party heirarchy which gives a "strong government" simply forces through the policy of the civil service in most cases. It is, therefore, quite difficult to affect government policy when the civil service stand against something (eg PFI where it is the Treasury that push for this against pretty well everyone else).

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Cicero said…
Is she going to jump then John?
4:56 pm
John Hemming said…
Rumours are she might be pushed.
5:48 pm
Bob Piper said…
Strange therefore that the 'electorate' do not appear to have their power increased in Birmingham where nothing ever seems to happen because of dithering Whitby and his Lib dem puppies.
7:14 pm
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