billwill
Friday 3rd November 2023 1:04am [Edited]
North London
6,162 posts
Quote: Chris Hallam @ 2nd November 2023, 9:45 PM
Nice idea. A shame the MPs are allocated to random constituencies though.
If people aren't voting for parties and don't know who their MP will be at the end, how do they vote?
The intent of number 4 "there should be a (too be decided) number of constituencies in which the MP is selected by a random choice and that person has to drop whatever they are doing and serve 4 years as an MP." was that the random person is chosen from the population of that same constituency. I should have made that clearer.
Why would they not know the candidates? That part would be much like the present, but the candidate would be standing as what we currently call an independent. I was assuming that each MP, even the co-opted ones would have the usual system of each presenting his/her manifesto as to what s/he would try to get done.
I see there would be a snag if only one random person was chosen in the designated constituencies, so maybe one would have to 'call up' say 5 or 7 citizens & let them do their 'manifestos' etc to let the rest of the constituents vote for their choice.
Some will deliberately write poor manifestos to 'get out' of doing the job, but the salaries would be an attraction to undertake the 4 year stint. MP salaries are, I think, higher than 'average' wages.