A new voting system?  

Yesterday in the Commons we debated potential reform of the voting system.   The Tories charged the Government with conducting a cynical exercise to try to win votes at the pending election.   But nevertheless the issue of reforming how Britain votes is crucial.    I have written before on the twin principles of representative and responsible government underpinning our democracy. Making our voting system fairer - in the sense of making each vote more equal, wherever it is cast in the UK - can impinge on holding governments responsible for their actions.  In a typically well crafted and intelligent speech the Liberal Democrat spokesman, David ... ...