tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2808819602873288351..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Elections in Georgian England by Miranda MillerMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73427187396612982572017-06-26T10:09:26.213+01:002017-06-26T10:09:26.213+01:00Yes - to remind people that they don't have to...Yes - to remind people that they don't have to be binding.Miranda Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08847761353240720080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-17679861209190384162017-06-26T06:20:46.091+01:002017-06-26T06:20:46.091+01:00A written constitution would be an excellent thing...A written constitution would be an excellent thing, with rules laid down about referenda for a start!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48152896141422332362017-06-25T21:27:31.215+01:002017-06-25T21:27:31.215+01:00Yes, I agree that compulsory voting is a good idea...Yes, I agree that compulsory voting is a good idea. Also, we desperately need PR. How about a written constitution and a 21st century Reform Act?Miranda Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08847761353240720080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-32178425399535039532017-06-25T11:47:10.258+01:002017-06-25T11:47:10.258+01:00We should have compulsory voting here too, I recko...We should have compulsory voting here too, I reckon! Great blog, Miranda! I was thinking about Middlemarch, which, though later, shows something of corrupt elections, and also Eliot's 'Felix Holt'. In a way, though, our electoral system is bedevilled by the inheritance of those times- first past the post was fine when the member's job was to represent a handful of privileged voters. Not so good for a modern democracy..Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-21960747474458150632017-06-25T02:18:16.980+01:002017-06-25T02:18:16.980+01:00I can't help thinking of the Georgian era Blac...I can't help thinking of the Georgian era Blackadder episode in which Blackadder's dull servant Baldrick is elected to Parliament via a rotten borough and the "voter" "accidentally cutting his throat while shaving". :-)<br /><br />We have compulsory voting here in Australia. Too many people worked too hard for the vote to become universal for people to waste their votes because "they're all the same, aren't they?" You can't, of course, be forced to vote directly, but you can damned well turn up. And when you turn up, more often than not, you might as well vote. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://suebursztynski.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/cbca-shortlist-1-frankie-by-shivaun.html" rel="nofollow">CBCA Shortlist #1: Frankie by Shivaun Plozza</a><br />Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com