Currently there is a campaign to bring in open primaries for Westminster constituencies, yet the party list system is ten times worse than the current selection processes. So before reforming Westminster candidate selection processes, do something about the de Hundt system. (yes, I know the EU mandates it, but Ireland has an opt out.)

Hannan has no legitimacy. If he wants legitimacy he would resign and stand as a Westminster MP and let people decide if they really want to vote for him rather than Austerity Dave. And if he does that I would even consider standing against him as a pro-NHS candidate. But Hannan will not do that because he’s too scared that the public would not elect him.

Can’t resist – do you mean anti-Semitic or anti-emetic?

As for Hannan’s actual views, why not try reading his book, “The Plan”.

And he certainly ain’t racist.

I don’t see many problems with those. The railways are just a state licensed cartel right now anyway.

Bare in mind that the public are also far more likely to support sound money reforms of the banking system (i.e. make it so that you actually have a legal title to money stored in the bank vaults) than the current political class so you may see some pretty radical reforms coming up for referendum, none of which are especially left of right.

I would campaign for the legalisation of cannabis first (or at least allowing councils to set their own laws on cannabis use and trade). The advantage of referendums is that you don’t get the funny marginal seat syndrome where a handful of daily mail readers can hold back reform for the rest of the country by terrifying their constituency. I think that, on average, the people might come up with more sensible policies than politicians.

If such questions ultimately boil down to a wrestling match between Mad Mel and Polly Toynbee, there could be only one winner.

You’re too pessimistic. They’d be trounced on the last one.

You got the name slightly wrong – look up Juan Posadas.

There I was with not much to do,and I thought mmm were can I get me a good old fashioned “racist “accusation from a religion which has unilatteral anti-racism as the core fundament of its raison d’etre.
There were two places that came to mind,the Labour parties voter “gerrymandering”population replacement headquarters or
the comment section at LIberal Conspiracy.
Thanks Pagar,its not the first time I,ve seen you step in on the “racist” thing.

http://crookedtimber.org/2007/08/01/apartment-owners-of-the-world-unite/

If I remember correctly Poussadists were a Trotskyist group who believed that
a) there was extra-terrestial life and that this had constructed flying saucers, and
b) such an advanced level of technology could only have been attained under a socialist economic system

Therefore – the Martians were Trots

Why there is no Wikipedia entry on this is beyond me.

I assume Sunny H takes a rather lax attitude to potentially libellous comments?

Is this the “racist” where you have some evidence to show that the man is so stupid that he thinks anyone with a different colour of skin or genetic background is automatically an inferior being. If so can you please produce the evidence?

Or is it the “racist” that you automatically use to refer to anyone with a different political view to yourself?

My bet is that the Silastic Armourfiends of Striterax and the Strenuous Garfighters of Stug might have some input as well.

And no, Tim J. I am not suggesting that Hannan is anti-intellectual. Racist, though, certainly.

what do you mean probably? Over 66% of the public want one. Try telling that to Hannan and let’s see if he wants a referendum on that!

Agreed. Doesn’t sound like Hannan at all.