Tim Worstall

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Conservative MEP Candidate Selection

April 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is the problem you have when party lists determine who has a chance of being elected and who doesn’t in a multi-member constituency.

It’s entirely stitched up by the party insiders.

Add in, say, the tax funding of political parties and you’ve a recipie for a self-selecting elite governing the country for evermore.

How lovely, eh?

Tags: Politics

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 Philip Thomas // Apr 4, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    I spoiled my ballot. I doubt I’ll have been the only one.

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