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[email protected] · August 3rd 09, 10:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:

wrote:

* There would be two kinds of MP - constituency and list - in a
single chamber which is frequently a recipe for rivalry and
chaos. (A big complaint in the Scottish Parliament and Welsh
Assembly is about list MSPs/AMs presenting themselves as the
"local" representative, especially if they go on to contest that
constituency at the next election. A law was passed to stop
candidates standing in both constituencies and lists in Wales but
it still happens in Scotland and London.)

A bit of personal P Hain spitefulness.

I seem to remember Labour trying to introduce it for Scotland as
well but failing, possibly because they were directly and openly
targetting Alex Salmond. They still haven't explained why various
Labour candidates for the London Assembly stood for both
constituency and list (e.g. Nicky Gavron).

I have to say I don;t remember it in Scotland, maybe because the Welsh
legislation was put through Westminster rather than Cardiff.

A little over 30 years ago there was no debate on PR systems in this
country. STV was the only "British" system which worked in accordance
with the purely informal status of political parties in British
political traditions. Things have changed a lot since 1976. Lord
Blake has a lot to answer for.

Was that when the Hansard Society did a report and recommended AMS?

Thassaone.

--
Colin Rosenstiel