as i said before it is unfair to blame nick clegg for this mess. he is in a no win situation. he is the leader of a party who have never had the confidence of the voting public, i am sorry paul but i do not think that changing the voting system will change that.
i do not have a clue as to how the public thinking, regarding the voting system, could be changed. the main problem,as i see it, is that, people do not always vote for a party, a great deal of personal voting takes place. i think that more care should be taken with candidate selection and placement and you can not discriminate against any group of people,neither can you put people in inappropriate places. i do not agree with PC,i do not believe you have to have a set number of women or ethnic minorities as candidates. despite what some groups might like us to think,people of alternative lifestyles are not acceptable in many places.
i do have some experience of the selection process.i was an active member of the N.U.R being vice chair for a while and assistant branch sec.during this period we were involved with the selection of a prospective candidate for a general election.also i was for a number of years active with a local branch of the labour party in n.e wales where i was chairman for a couple of years i was also Political Education Officer for the branch, until i became disillusioned by the increased infiltration of International Socialism which for me ruined the labour party. i do not believe it has ever recovered from this and the decimation of the unions by Mrs Thatcher
Paul, i think that the L/D should look very carefully at what his result implies,learn from it, if need be clean out any lame ducks, and come out of this a much better party.
