I LISTENED to Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown on the radio stressing the values of proportional representation and I fail to see what is fair about a system that guarantees a fringe party a permanent share of political power.
D PEARSON (Mr), Vice-Chairman, Blackburn Conservatives, Rawstorne Street, Blackburn.
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