tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post3635699848421514443..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: We were sold a crock in 1993Karl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-58433198192096856462017-10-08T12:04:43.997+13:002017-10-08T12:04:43.997+13:00After the Royal Commission on the electoral system...After the Royal Commission on the electoral system had recommended MMP (without emphasizing its origin), Richard Northey MP chaired a Parltry Cttee inquiry concluding the Australian STV system is better. Neither of these probes had given due credit to the Tasmanian system which looks to me the best.<br /><br />MMP has been a regrettable experiment, now visible as a failure. To ask for opinions now, MMP v. FPP, is a waste of time. What we need is an educational campaign to make known the pros & cons of STV & the Tasmanian system, and then a referendum.Robert Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943223043071991831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-24179194531127363742017-10-08T12:03:34.254+13:002017-10-08T12:03:34.254+13:00After the Royal Commission on the electoral system...After the Royal Commission on the electoral system had recommended MMP (without emphasizing its origin), Richard Northey MP chaired a Parltry Cttee inquiry concluding the Australian STV system is better. Neither of these probes had given due credit to the Tasmanian system which looks to me the best.<br /><br />MMP has been a regrettable experiment, now visible as a failure. To ask for opinions now, MMP v. FPP, is a waste of time. What we need is an educational campaign to make known the pros & cons of STV & the Tasmanian system, and then a referendum. Robert Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943223043071991831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-75143920323568122142017-10-06T11:02:37.119+13:002017-10-06T11:02:37.119+13:00Thank you Karl.Thank you Karl.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062114725862850124noreply@blogger.com