tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post4083372084764574294..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Cutting the cost of Democracy.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-85089506403086429682010-07-15T09:19:11.453+01:002010-07-15T09:19:11.453+01:00To anonymous - What?! And have the jester back? No...To anonymous - What?! And have the jester back? No thanks. Glyn is a serious politician for serious times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-85769649978899463702010-07-14T19:41:56.402+01:002010-07-14T19:41:56.402+01:00if it means losing Glyn as our MP then i am all in...if it means losing Glyn as our MP then i am all in favour of this!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-32026852280865539562010-07-14T19:40:48.685+01:002010-07-14T19:40:48.685+01:00Or why can't MP's just take a pay cut? the...Or why can't MP's just take a pay cut? they do very little for their money!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-86699815580702934192010-07-14T11:01:10.838+01:002010-07-14T11:01:10.838+01:00I hardly think that the explosion of lords can be ...I hardly think that the explosion of lords can be considered 'cutting the cost of democracy' but fewer MPs from Scotland and Wales will be welcomed in England, even if we do have English representation cut by a smaller percentage (and even though we don't have specific national representation like the Scots and Welsh do with their parliament and assembly).<br /><br />My personal preference would be to turn the Commons into an English parliament with 400 members and abolish the Lords completely in favour of an elected British parliament with powers of scrutiny over the national parliaments.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-35066384052776674882010-07-14T09:29:06.487+01:002010-07-14T09:29:06.487+01:00I can think of a few wards I would like to have se...I can think of a few wards I would like to have seen scrapped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com