Well, first of all, if you include in your political system a legislative assembly (House of Lords) whose members are not elected *at all*, then you can hardly complain that it is not representative of the public.
The house of Lords is there as a check. When a government has a massive majority it is handy to have the Lords available to act as a check. Ultimately the parliament act can be used to force an act through, but this is very very rare except under Blair's govt.
The House of Commons (which is elected) is a better barometer of this, and it is interesting to note how poorly the UKIP and Veritas (who actively oppose metrication) did in the recent election.
Are you aware that we don't use the PR system? The European elections use PR though - guess how UKIP did then?
This is an important distinction that the BWMA keep failing to appreciate. Just because someone is more familiar with one system doesn't equate to opposition to the transition. It is entirely possible to be more used to one, but to support the move to the other, possibly because it will be better for future generations. Taking polls asking which people are more familiar with, and advancing them as proof that people oppose a change is simply dishonest.
I totally agree - thats why I prefer the BWMA polls that show preference rather than familiarity.
These polls come from all sort of sources - eg BBC, Gallup, Sky, Tesco etc.
As the Noble Member said "move with the times".
Crime is higher than ever. Maybe I should become a criminal so as to "move with the times"
