On 02/05/2011 15:44, Graham White wrote:
Been catching up on the backlog of e-mails on electoral reform but am rather
dissappointed at how timid the proposals are.
I mean in this post-modern, post-industrial, globalised, "we're all in it together" society is it really right and proper that some knuckle-dragging Milwall supporter should have as much say in the governance of this great Monarchy of ours as David Beckham or Sir Fred Goodwin?
My proposal is this: every British subject will have one vote (to keep things fair) but then (and this is the brilliant bit) anyone can buy as many extra votes as they like!
I've got an even simpler one: you can't vote unless you've passed GCSE
at grade C or above in English and maths. The country pays to educate
every child beyond this level, so if you can't demonstrate basic
numeracy and literacy after more than 10 years of state funded
education, then you clearly can't understand any of the issues you're
being asked to vote on.
Or, link the number of votes you get to the amount of tax you pais in
the previous year. Get all your money put in an off shore company based
in the British Virgin Islands? No vote then.
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