I stand by what I said, Michael, the current government is in power on the basis of the votes of a small minority of those who participated in the election - not 'most other members of this democracy' as you claimed.

Of course I understand the mechanics of our electoral system. I also understand it is seriously flawed, when a party elected by 25% of votes cast is able to claim a majority, and thus take power - which means that the wishes of the other 75% are not taken into account. I find it even more galling when said party conducted a campaign of fear-mongering,, and actively avoided announcing and discussing its policies (they knew very well that, had they announced, before the election, the vile abuses they would inflict on the poor and disadvantaged, whilst seeking to grandly benefit the well-off, including themselves and their cronies, the chances of their winning the election would take a nose-dive).

And you, too, are being disingenuous regarding the rejection of a PR system in the 2011 referendum - both the Conservative and Labour Parties conducted campaigns of spreading doubt and fear of a new system because they were fully aware that PR would result in both losing their guaranteed stranglehold on government, and their guaranteed places as the two largest parties in parliament - they campaigned for what is best for their own political careers, with little or no regard for what is best for the people of the United Kingdom.