Yes! I’m all for it, says Shirley Tart. Not just a radical reform of the political system but, finally, the real idea of fixed term parliaments.
David Cameron is not the first to propose it. But this time it might happen.
Because never before have we seen such internal controversy belching out of Westminster and spilling its muddy mess across the land. All sorts of chickens are suddenly squawking home to roost.
So how do we restore the public’s faith in our MPs and our Mother of all Parliaments? With great difficulty.
But the leaders must start somewhere. And David Cameron’s pledge to rebalance relations between Parliament and the executive, scale back the powers of Prime Minister and government and giving MPs greater influence over legislation would be that start.
After the next election, reforms which involve ordinary Members and even us would be a veritable breath of fresh air. It’s ridiculous that honest debate can be ended because opponents can mess with the timetable.
While the possibility of, say, a four-year fixed Parliament would remove at a stroke the conniving which goes on in all parties.
It is wrong for the Prime Minister of the day to be able to juggle election times to best benefit not the country but his or her party. And if only that changes, it will be a good day for democracy. A better one will be if a whole lot else changes as well. Like several hundred MPs.
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So this is something at last that Cameron can sound like he believes in (the wind turbine on his house surprisingly didn’t work despite the prolific amount of wind produced by him!) Like Brown has previously said, it is a POSSIBILITY that can be CONSIDERED, which means in English,which ever party says it, we can change our minds.
Of course the true Tory mantra is “I will go on and on and on!”
After the cash for questions, secret arms deals and all the money laundering of the last Conservative government do they really think most of the electorate are that easily fooled?
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eva-land, at the silliness again – or should we say “neverland”.
If you have something serious and constructive to say, great, it’s possible people will read and digest what you are saying but when we get the following:-
“After the cash for questions, secret arms deals and all the money laundering of the last Conservative government do they really think most of the electorate are that easily fooled”
we enter Enid Blyton land. I won’t enter into silly talk by dragging up all the Labour corruption of the past few years because that is silly and they put the Tory misdemeanours of the John Major Government into the shade. Just one bang up to date example though, three Labour Lords have admitted (and apologised) for accepting money for raising amendments to legislation passing through the House of Lords.
That cancels out the clown Tory who accepted a brown envelope for asking questions in the Commons. Want a few more examples to balance the books – no I won’t bother this time. Every silly comment of yours though gives me the opportunity of countering and bringing the nausea of the Labour regime to notice.
And as for thinking that you are convincing the electorate. At the last count I think, Labour stood at 17% in the opinion polls, dead level with UKIP. Can you tell us what the Tory share was – we are dying to hear you twist that one around as well. I have the Tory poll staring me in the face – official from the pollsters – see if your “black is white” approach can match it.
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Stuart you may have noticed that most people on this forum do not resort to name calling to argue their views or to make a valid point. Calling somone ’silly’ is really rather childish unless of course you feel that I am referring to you as as a possible fool?
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Cameron has NOT said he will do this in his first term of office.
He is just using a popular topic to win votes from people who can’t see through him. What they say and what they do are not the same thing.
Both parties are the same.
Those of us who are old enough to remember the Thatcher years would not vote for a clone of the woman.
We are now paying the price of the Thatcher years.
Privatisation, sold off all our silverware. Gas and Electric companies are ALL owned by foreign companies.
Care in the Community, if you own your own home make sure you don’t fall ill so that you have to be put into private care. TheY will take your property off you.
You paid into a national Health scheme all your life but you are not covered if you have any assets.
Thatcher also removed the Index link for Pensions. Why?
So pentioners are all worse off.
Very carring Mrs T.
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