Proportional representation: fair deal for a divided nation

The arguments against PR are outmoded: now it’s the only way to avoid illegitimate coalitions

Columnist Crispin Black

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We are heading for a Boulton/Campbell election and it’s going to be destabilising, possibly dangerous, for what currently passes as the Queen’s Peace in the United Kingdom.

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is a former Welsh Guards lieutenant colonel and intelligence analyst for the British government's Joint Intelligence Committee. His book, 7-7: What Went Wrong, was one of the first to be published after the London bombings in July 2005.