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"Peter" wrote:

If people want to play with the figures in that way...
More people want to change the licensing rules than want to keep it as it is.

Once you start adding together figures from different groups, you can make it what you want.
For example, how often does a Prime Minister or President get in power with over 50%?
As is usual for a government, more people wanted Tony Blair out than wanted him in! You can
only combine figures if you can combine the actions in the same way. Fine if you want to
divide power between two political groups, but you cannot combine keeping the same licence
rules with changing the length... it's either one or the other.

in the US it noramly the case that you need more than 50 persent to be
elected (not much more) and there are ofcourse kinky exception in the
Us system in theroy would allow a president to take office with some
about 25 % of the vote if they lived in exactly the right places
(althought wether such apresident could govern is good question

Here in the UK, we have three main political parties plus several more who get just a few
votes. Although it means that a winning party will almost certainly have less than 50% of the
vote, it does mean that we have more choice. Even the BNP managed to take some seats.
The problem is that, in a general election, people tend not to vote for the "third" party as
the two main ones convince people that it will simply waste their vote and allow the one they
do NOT want to get in power. But, what can be more wasted than to vote for anyone other than
who you really want in power?
So, maybe too many people vote for who they think can win, rather than who they think *should*
win.


I oppose Life licensing of the US or anywhere else

I know how the Americans would like to control the World but, as small as England may
be, we still set our own rules ;~)
Seriously, how would you feel about a longer period like 5 years between renewal? Do you
believe this would be a good middle ground for the UK government to take?


Regards,

Peter.