The votes are in and it is a landslide for the conservative elements of this country. The British public have clearly said no to the alternative voting system. The results speak for themselves, it appears that the ‘Yes’ votes add up to merely 30%.
Nick Clegg has been punished, this is hardly surprising, the public have been gunning for him since he first formed the coalition government with the conservatives back in 2010. The Conservatives hate him, the media hate him and the Liberal voters hate him. However all this hate and smear campaigns has damaged the British peoples best interests, here the public had a chance to shake up the political landscape and to pave the way for a fairer Britain, instead Clegg has egg on his face and the politicians are talking as if the notion of political reform is dead. Was it worth it? Does the country really want to keep the deeply flawed first past the post system?
The real winners of this referendum are the conservative party and the right wing media, from day one they have hounded the Liberal Democrats (Remember Vince Cable and The Telegraph saga) and the ‘Yes’ campaign. David Cameron knew that the British public would never vote for anything supported by Nick Clegg, anything the bogie man supports will be rejected. Now the conservatives have suppressed any argument for reform of the political system. It is a sad and dark day for Britain and we only have ourselves to blame.
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