That's an interesting point about about our electoral system. If a party is out of power for a decade and a half then when it does achieve success it's likely that few of those appointed to the cabinet, from the Prime Minister downwards will have little if any experience. Coincidentally, I was just reading a thread on my LinkedIn account where several posters were comparing notes of how they learned from their mistakes. So, as Jonathan says, we need to see how things go. There was a commentator on BBC news programme a couple of days ago (sorry only half listening so mussed his name) saying that other things are spooking markets at the moment - talk of tariffs, refusal by Mr Trump to rule out military or trade wars over his desire to assimilate Greenland or the Panama Canal into US control.But back to electoral systems, perhaps an advantage of proportional representation is that, aside from alleviating the two party system we have in the UK and US by encouraging coalitions that includes smaller parties, it can also mean there may be fewer swings between extremes of policy, better experience in government because not all ministers will be purged and more overall continuity of policies?
Michael Ixer ● 61d