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Over-excited Clegg
Nick Clegg is now promising "the most significant programme of empowerment... since the great enfranchisement of the 19th century. The biggest shake-up of our democracy since 1832, when the Great Reform Act redrew the boundaries of British democracy."
er...you don't think there might have been a few important bits of empowerment since then, Nick? Like, votes for women? Or, for that matter, votes for non-rich men? Or education and healthcare; IMO the opportunity to be literate and not dead is reasonably empowering. I'm all for libel reform and regulation of CCTV, but they're hardly comparable to universal suffrage.
er...you don't think there might have been a few important bits of empowerment since then, Nick? Like, votes for women? Or, for that matter, votes for non-rich men? Or education and healthcare; IMO the opportunity to be literate and not dead is reasonably empowering. I'm all for libel reform and regulation of CCTV, but they're hardly comparable to universal suffrage.