One of the factors that fuelled Brexit in the United Kingdom was house price inflation so great that the possibility of owning a house was denied to a new generation of potential owners. The Thatcherite ideal of creating a property-owning democracy withered and died in front of the eyes of many people. The culprit,… Continue reading Pandora: Property and Corruption
Author: MikeW
UK Electoral Reform
A decade has passed since the UK electorate rejected proposed reforms to the way elections to the House of Commons are conducted. The proposal from the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government to introduce Alternative Voting was rejected in a referendum by more than two thirds of those who voted. The turnout was low: just… Continue reading UK Electoral Reform