I am indeed. I was simply drawing a parallel between this Government's approach and the behaviour of the last Tory Government, which occurs to many Scots.
The Bill's provisions will cut across, and distract attention from, the very important Scottish Parliament election to be held next year. It is clear that they were produced in haste, with no consultation. There has been no persuasion in the Government's arguments, just assertion. They fly in the face of Scottish experience, learn nothing from the Gould report and take nothing from what has happened in previous Scottish Parliament elections. They bear all the hallmarks of a political fix. Rather than an attempt to deliver genuine democratic progress, they are a mess, and they should be opposed.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Margaret Curran
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 November 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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