tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post115601340527901813..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: The West Yorkshire QuestionAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-1157155690123874422006-09-02T01:08:00.000+01:002006-09-02T01:08:00.000+01:00Whilst not wishing to deny the obviously self serv...Whilst not wishing to deny the obviously self serving nature of the Tory's involvement, what the "West Yorkshire question" along with the WLQ actually show is the inherently limited legitimacy of representative democracy as practised here. Not that the other versions don't suffer from similar/different flaws. But still.<BR/>This issue is for the tories what proportional representation (or whichever bastardisation is cool these days) for the Lib Dems, and was (briefly) for Labour. A bloody good idea in that it'd benefit you whilst you're in opposition. But as soon as it seems that it wouldn't do you any good, it gets forgotten about. Politics eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-1156099741437662992006-08-20T19:49:00.000+01:002006-08-20T19:49:00.000+01:00Tory silliness aside, for your situations to be ex...Tory silliness aside, for your situations to be exact, the something in West Yorkshire would have to be different from that in the rest of the UK. Locally elected people would have to be in charge of it, and the government would have to be in the situation where they changed that something in the rest of the UK because of a majority built on West Yorkshire MPs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com