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under PR, 80 seats for UKIP puts them in government with group of liberal-conservative parties on current voting.

ending the convention of not opposing the MP in elections would be good. allegiances and bias is a problem for any individual, an appointee doesnt change this. also seems very inconsistent to want an unelected head of House of Common, then abolish the Lords.

a mix of good bad terrible ideas, this one though - why? what perceived problem does this fix? elected house elects a chairman, why perferable to have an appointee?

under PR that constituency would also return a Conservative MP, same as Bootle will return Labour MP. you only change this with systematic overhaul of constituency representation, maybe along district or country lines, returning multiple candidates, pick from a party list. and whatever happens...

we tried "every vote to count" recently. people arent happy about the result. i think the case for PR starts good, but the weaknesses outweigh in imo. id rather a system that encourages independents and less focus on parties, so if theres a way of doing PR without strengthening central...

if the Benevolent Dictatorship had worked for 10 years, why would they vote against? the Benevolent Dictator is probably the ideal form of government, but how would we find or chose that figure? trouble is that those with the fundemental qualities are less likely to put themselves forward.