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Farron: Failure will not deter Lib Dems
May 7, 2011 11:54 AM
• [May 06] Tim Farron writes: THE people have spoken. I am very proud that we have given people the opportunity to have a say about the way they elect their MPs. It's the first time in British history that we, the people, have been able to make such a decision. And, as I said, the people have spoken. As a democrat, I fully accept and respect that result; accept that we failed to bring the country with us on this issue.
. . Most important to me is the reform of the House of Lords. The UK is the last ancien régime in Europe . . our programme for government, the coalition agreement, states that "we will establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation". That committee will report soon and I expect Tory backbenchers to abide by the agreement we made - just like we respect that we lost the referendum.
It's always been abundantly clear where the coalition parties stand on the issue of voting reform. We decided to let the voter decide and that decision is now in. Regardless of the result, this is a committed five-year coalition: two different parties, of two different ideologies, coming together in the national interest. And there's still a lot of work to be done. So let's get back to it.
• Farron: Failure will not deter Lib Dems [Comment is free May 06]
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