"Proportional representation" is a bit of a mouthful to chant

May 08, 2010 18:38


I've just posted a report of the Take Back Parliament demo in London today, including live BBC video of Nick Clegg's spontaneous address to the crowd after we demanded he come out and receive our petition in person. Right now I'm feeling an enormous sense of hope and achievement. We made our shout heard. This is what democracy looks like!Of course ( Read more... )

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medieval_bunny May 9 2010, 12:16:12 UTC
Well done! I have my misgivings about the possible flip-side of a PR system, but having re-checked the vote percentages against the seats, it's clear something must be done.
Hurrah for democratic expression!

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marrog May 9 2010, 17:24:54 UTC
Sadly the Glasgow demo was a lot smaller, and I don't see anything going on in Scotland on the website - it didn't help that a lot of the articles on the London protest didn't mention the demos in other parts of the country at all - or even that there were any. Nice day for it, though.

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kotenok July 19 2010, 20:51:38 UTC
Hello :) Was lovely seeing you at the weekend, hope you don't mind my adding you?

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