You suggested that the present system of government was not working Iains and I suggested an alternative. You can see flaws in the alternative and stated what they were but did not tell us how you would go about fixing it. Criticism is easy. Coming up with potential solutions is harder but what we should be aiming at.

I disagree with your analysis though. If we have 600 and odd members of parliament beholden to no-one but their constituents and a system where their vote on any given issue is publicly displayed I think we would find that they soon begin to take heed of what the electorate say. Or they would feel it in how the electorate vote next time! Talking of which - No general elections. I would have an election of 1/4 of the house every year so no MP can stay longer than 4 years without a vote. I would also introduce a system where any seat can be brought to another poll by popular demand. But we are now getting to fine detail before the major changes so I should stop!

DtG