tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post6926312175346493996..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): The People's CharterJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-68653372939263559242009-11-22T12:04:41.814+00:002009-11-22T12:04:41.814+00:00"Another speaker put forward the idea that no..."Another speaker put forward the idea that not only do we have a broken society with a broken economy, we also have a broken democracy and, he said, he'd like to see the Charter adopt some demands around democratising the country - in just the way that the original Chartists had been a movement for working class political representation."<br /><br />A very good point. "The Charter by its very nature has to skirt round this issue, and that blunts it as a tool."<br /><br />The fact that the left still can't come to a consensus on electoral reform is so ridiculous.Strategisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519305659966338395noreply@blogger.com