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It’s difficult if you talk about faith in our political system. Frankly, people do think you’re a nutter. – Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair Related Posts:Quote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the day
On party financing
A debate is looming in the United Kingdom concerning the issue of funding for political parties. There have been attempts in the past to address this issue, most recently in 2007, but those negotiations failed because the parties were unable to agree a cap. Current situation There is currently no limit to the amount an [...]
Canada’s first voter-initiated referendum
In a much earlier post, I wrote about the Canadian province of British Columbia’s Recall and Initiative Act. This act provides a mechanism to recall sitting Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and to bring citizen initiatives before the Legislature or to province-wide referendum. As discussed in that post, which focused primarily on the recall [...]
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“As for you who stand today on the threshold of life, with a long horizon open before you for a long career of usefulness to your native land, if you will permit me, after a long life, I shall remind you that already many problems rise before you: problems of race division, problems of creed [...]
Minority assumptions
At the outset of the most recent Canadian federal election campaign in March of this year, I wrote a post addressing how the concept of coalition government had become almost toxic in Canada. This phenomenon didn’t start this year – it dates back, as the posts states, to events in 2008. The Canadian media has [...]
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“It is time now for Colonel Gaddafi to stop issuing delusional statements.” – UK Foreign Secretary William Hague Related Posts:Quote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the day
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. – H. L. Mencken Related Posts:Quote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the dayQuote of the day
On party membership
I read a very interesting piece on declining membership in political parties in the United Kingdom. The numbers are rather astounding. According to the author, Brian Wheeler, just over 1% of the UK population are card-carrying members of a political party, which Wheeler indicates is low by European standards, but alas, fails to provide any [...]
Speaker Bercow and accusations of bias
British House of Commons Speaker John Bercow annoys many MPs. There have been a rash of articles over the course of the past year hinting at behind-the-scenes plots to get rid of him. Having regularly livestreamed proceedings from the UK House of Commons, I find it difficult to assess why there is such animosity towards [...]
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Create a society that values material things above all else. Strip it of industry. Raise taxes for the poor and reduce them for the rich and for corporations. Prop up failed financial institutions with public money. Ask for more tax, while vastly reducing public services. Put adverts everywhere, regardless of people’s ability to afford the [...]
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