Should we have a referendum on proportional representation?

[TimberWolf]

or are some things (like going to war and joining the Euro) too important to vote on?

[AtW]

Are you saying we should have a vote on having a referendum in the first place?

[TimberWolf]

Are you saying we should have a vote on having a referendum in the first place?

Yep, a vote on whether to hold a referendum on proportional representation.

[AtW]

Yep, a vote on whether to hold a referendum on proportional representation.

That would be retarded, innit?

[TimberWolf]

That would be retarded, innit?

Do you think it should be enacted without a vote?

[AtW]

Do you think it should be enacted without a vote?

I think UK should move towards Switzerland model - direct democracy with regular votes on all sort of things.

Also I like Swiss model of gun ownership.

[Zippy]

So the options on the ballot paper would be
- Yes
- No
- Andyw
and you get to select a second choice too?

[TimberWolf]

So the options on the ballot paper would be
- Yes
- No
- Andyw
and you get to select a second choice too?

Hmm. We should have a vote on what the voting options should be

[Doggy Styles]

So the options on the ballot paper would be
- Yes
- No
- Andyw
and you get to select a second choice too?

How do you set up a second transferable vote in CUK polls?

[d000hg]

Joe Public can barely be trusted to pick a party to vote for based on anything more substantial than the party leaders' ability to be photogenic. The whole reason we have an elected government is so people don't have to pretend to be able to make an informed choice on such matters.

Or to move away from reasonable arguments to something people like AtW and DP might understand: do you really want people who voted Labour in for 3 successive terms to be directly involved in how the country is run?