The coalition agreement between the two parties - it is hard to believe that it is less than a week since the Tories were telling us that a hung Parliament would be a disaster for the country - commits them to reforming the political system, including:
A referendum on the Alternative Vote system for general elections (to try to prevent any single party getting an over all majority ever again) ;
Fixed-term Parliaments (to try to ensure that the Coalition remains in power for the next five years), with the next election in May 2015 (in the same month and possibly on the same day as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections - I wonder who had that bright idea?);
55% of MPs required to bring a government down in a confidence vote (to ensure that the Tories and Lib Dems stay in power for the full 5 years) rather than the current position of a simple majority of MPs;
A cut in number of MPs and equal size constituencies (to reduce the number of Labour MPs).
Isn't it great to have two parties in government who are so committed to putting the interests of the country before their own self interest?
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