Quote Originally Posted by surge View Post
I'd argue that because we didn't change the voting system when we had the opportunity this style of voting continue, Westminster doesn't necessarily reflect what people feel day to day and it lead to many people wanting a massive change, any change. Long before David Cameron started a referendum he would not make plans for for in order to quell some of his more vocal backbenchers, Labour and Tories campaigned against change because they thought it would put their position as 1 and 2 in UK under greater risk.

Ken Clarke wouldn't satisfy the current Conservative Party.
But the point is shirley that the voting system didn't change because we, the voting public, voted not to change it.
as for the Brexit referendum he called it because it was a promise he made in the election manifesto. so many complain that parties do not keep their election promises and now he gets castigated for doing exactly that.
It seems sometimes you just can't win.