by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
The British system has turned from a parliamentary government to a presidential government where the PM and his cronies rule rather than the people.
This can also be seen in that the 2010 general election was worse than many of those in the new democracies in countries that we recently have occupied and decided to give the wonders of modern democratic politic.
It would appear that there was ballot stuffing and especially postal voting frauds, disenfranchisement of voters who were excluded from voting after having cued for hours, and, so it is understood, that groups of voters were ushered in past those that were cuing. And still the Labor Party lost.
Despite the fact that the people loud and clearly told the Labor Party and Gordon Brown that it is time for a change and that they no longer want him and his ilk he is still squatting in No.10 Downing Street and still claims to be the Prime Minister because, under the system that is so archaic that it should no longer be used, the Conservative Party, who got most votes, does not have an overall majority, and thus, a hung parliament has occurred.
And Britain dares to try and teach the world about democracy when we close polling stations with hundreds of people waiting to cast their vote. This was either total incompetency on the side of the Returning Officers and staff or intentional.
In some cases there were not enough ballot papers and no new ones could be obtained.
How difficult is it to estimate how many ballot slips one might need when an area had x-amount of registered voters. It is simple; one ballot paper per registered voter. It does not require a mathematical genius now to work that out.
What Britain needs, and many could also hold true for any another country, is a total overhaul of the political system to one where the people really hold the power and not some professional politicians.
© 2010
