Response to Brown's Constitutional Renewal Statement

I think the government are squirming, as are the Conservatives. Squirming to avoid a change which somehow is starting to make sense to an electorate who have begun to notice that the biggest expenses 'issues' seem to come from those in the safest seats. And perhaps that it hardly makes for a sense of investment in elections if you feel your vote has no realy value -which is the case for those in 'safe seats'. Gordon Brown made the right kind of noises but actually it was sound and fury signifying little, as MVC point out in the latest press release (here: Make My Vote Count - Make Votes Count response to Brown's Constitutional Renewal Statement) I've emphasised some of it in view of the PM acting as if this is all a new thing: "The Prime Minister talks about starting up the debate on electoral reform. But we’ve been having that debate for over ten years. In January 2008 the Government published as “a contribution to the ongoing debate” its long-awaited review of those proportional voting systems already introduced. The Alternative Vote Plus (AV ) was a system recommended by the Jenkins Commission back in 1998 after long and careful deliberations involving plenty of opportunities for public engagement and debate.
There is still just enough time left for completing an open public debate and then holding a referendum before the next election. The referendum would give voters the chance to register their feelings twice: once to get rid of a tainted MP in the General Election; and once in a referendum to choose whether to get rid of a rotten system and change things for good."