Dear Mr Blair,

I understand that there will soon be an announcement relating to the review of voting systems.

I sincerely hope that you will give your support to a much fairer and more representative system of proportional representation.

The system we have at the moment is archaic and – from a voter’s (certainly my) point of view – little more than a joke. If I vote at all it is for the lesser of a small choice of evils, not because I feel that any one candidate represents my own (admittedly unconventional) political views. None of the candidates for my constituency come anywhere near to representing my views. Given the way the system works, it would be astonishing if any of them did.

The Americans began their revolution because they didn’t feel represented in the British parliament. Well, neither do I!

I want to be able to vote for someone who comes as close as possible to representing my own political views. Whether they live next-door to me or on the other side of the country is irrelevant.

Proportional representation is the decent, fair and democratic way to go, even if it is not the easiest when it comes to forming governments.

However, the prospect of perhaps having to form coalition governments should be seen, not as a threat, but as a welcome challenge to our political maturity.

Yours sincerely

Roger Hicks

www.spaceship-earth.org