If you thought Straner was bad....

or (both radical and horrfying) sticks to their own manifesto ?

Manifestos once used to be sacred, so much so that the Opposition did not vote against their implementation. It was unthinkable for the government to *choose* not to implement a manifesto promise.

That ended with that nice Mr Blair.

Yes, but not four years, a bit less so the vote date moves through the year.

And as suggested before, two votes per person, one positive, one negative, and you can use both or neither. No need to change ballot paper format, just use eg X and 0 for +1 and -1.

That is asking the impossible. Events happen. Policies change. We want a government that reacts honestly and competently to them

I see it as replacing an incompetent with an irresponsible. Heads I lose, Tails I also lose.

Only those who make a net contribution to the exchequer should be allowed to vote. Those on benefits, such as pensions should automatically forfeit the right to vote.

It says much about our electorate who associate the Alternative Vote system with PR.

You do realise they are very different? The referendum was for AV that is still FPTP in all but name. It was shamefully sold short by the LibDems.