"Our political system is broken." That blunt verdict on British democracy is not taken from a protest banner. It is the position of David Cameron's coalition, set out in the programme for government drawn up after the 2010 general election. To that bleak diagnosis, the programme adds a prescription: fundamental political reform, starting with a referendum on May 5th on whether to change the voting system used for elections to the House of Commons (see pages 25-27).
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