European Parliament 2009

[Democratic Hawk]

I'm hoping to stand.

Good luck if you do

I hate the system whereby the UK currently elects it's MEPs. F***ing abominable and that's swearing

In 2004, the Northeast voted 34.1% Labour; 18.6% Conservative and 17.8% Lib Dem and what did we get? One Labour, one Tory and a Lib Dem. STV would be preferable to the closed party list system. Indeed, it's the system I find objectionable rather than the result

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

If you're annoyed with the North Eastern Result, I don't know what you'd make of South East:

Con 35% (4 MEP's) = 8.75% per MEP
Lab 14% (1 MEP) = 14% per MEP
LDm 15% (2 MEP's) = 7.5% per MEP
Green 8% (1 MEP) = 8% per MEP
UKIP 20% (2 MEP's) = 10% per MEP

Hardly proportional is it?

It's bleeding awful

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

I'm hoping to stand.

Good luck if you do

I hate the system whereby the UK currently elects it's MEPs. F***ing abominable and that's swearing

In 2004, the Northeast voted 34.1% Labour; 18.6% Conservative and 17.8% Lib Dem and what did we get? One Labour, one Tory and a Lib Dem. STV would be preferable to the closed party list system. Indeed, it's the system I find objectionable rather than the result

Dave

The problem is that the Northeast is too small. It should be combined with Yorkshire and The Humber (or with the Northwest, but I think the former would be more popular).

Of the two, Yorkshire and The Humber is certainly the more logical given that we were once, many moons ago, part of the same Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It still wouldn't change the way I feel about the putrid closed party list system

Dave