“With 7 out of 10 MPs from “safe seats”, the Commons today is monumentally useless as a legislature capable of reining in the executive.”

“If every member of the Commons faced a genuinely competitive election to remain at Westminster, we would have a legislature with real verve, capable of independent-minded scrutiny of government.”

“Multi-member seats would retain the constituency link – and produce clear working majorities, not endless coalitions. It’d ensure more choice when deciding who gets to be your next MP. And more competition, not just when opening fetes and holding advice surgeries, but when vying to champion local opinion.”

These quotations are all from an excellent article by Douglas Carswell, the Conservative MP for Harwich and Clacton. I urge you to visit www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=968 and read the full article.