Comments on: Power to the people (if they’re middle-aged) http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:32:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Make My Vote Count http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-10318 Make My Vote Count Tue, 23 May 2006 12:47:59 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-10318 <strong>The POWER Inquiry Linkdump</strong> Seems sensible to bring this back to the top, plenty more in there now. Have a good ol' read. As before, spot anything new, shout in the comments. In other news, I'm mulling over giving up cynical ranting and quoting... The POWER Inquiry Linkdump

Seems sensible to bring this back to the top, plenty more in there now. Have a good ol’ read. As before, spot anything new, shout in the comments. In other news, I’m mulling over giving up cynical ranting and quoting…

]]> By: Make My Vote Count http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2215 Make My Vote Count Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:34:52 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2215 <strong>The POWER Inquiry Linkdump</strong> Seems sensible to bring this back to the top, plenty more in there now. Have a good ol' read. With every paper running with the POWER Inquiry stuff, things could get a little confusing. No doubt the blogosphere will generate... The POWER Inquiry Linkdump

Seems sensible to bring this back to the top, plenty more in there now. Have a good ol’ read. With every paper running with the POWER Inquiry stuff, things could get a little confusing. No doubt the blogosphere will generate…

]]> By: david http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2189 david Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:24:07 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2189 It does seem a bizzare suggestion. I've heard arguments in favour of very long terms,barring subsequent election to the commons and term limits as ways of stoping careerists but never a age limit. I suppose they pinched the idea from the US Presidency. But then again as Jed Bartlett said " we have term limits. they are called elections." It does seem a bizzare suggestion. I’ve heard arguments in favour of very long terms,barring subsequent election to the commons and term limits as ways of stoping careerists but never a age limit. I suppose they pinched the idea from the US Presidency.

But then again as Jed Bartlett said ” we have term limits. they are called elections.”

]]> By: Alex Wilcock http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2186 Alex Wilcock Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:38:53 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2186 I've not read any of it, but thanks, Will, for an excellent digest. It's a bizarre piece of facing both ways even for Labour. And it's not even middle-aged people who can stand for the new upper-not-sure-what-to-call-it-place, though, Will. At 34, I'm surely middle-aged, yet still barred ;-) Still, good news for middle-aged chaps like me who've been arguing for votes at 16 since we were only a few years past it and once had big fights with party leaders over the issue... I’ve not read any of it, but thanks, Will, for an excellent digest. It’s a bizarre piece of facing both ways even for Labour.

And it’s not even middle-aged people who can stand for the new upper-not-sure-what-to-call-it-place, though, Will. At 34, I’m surely middle-aged, yet still barred ;-)

Still, good news for middle-aged chaps like me who’ve been arguing for votes at 16 since we were only a few years past it and once had big fights with party leaders over the issue…

]]> By: Make My Vote Count http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2181 Make My Vote Count Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:23:25 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/02/27/power-to-the-people-if-theyre-middle-aged/#comment-2181 <strong>The POWER Inquiry Linkdump</strong> With every paper running with the POWER Inquiry stuff, things could get a little confusing. No doubt the blogosphere will generate some comment too, when anyone gets around to reading it anyway. Thus, this post will serve as a portal... The POWER Inquiry Linkdump

With every paper running with the POWER Inquiry stuff, things could get a little confusing. No doubt the blogosphere will generate some comment too, when anyone gets around to reading it anyway. Thus, this post will serve as a portal…

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