Election shows that first-past-the-post delivers
26th Jan 2006, 13:52 GMT
The federal election seemed to please a lot of people in the way that it punished the Liberals but didn't give the Conservatives an unbridled opportunity for radical reform. But this satisfaction with the judgment of voters hasn't stopped the boosters of proportional representation from charging that Monday's election was a travesty. (INSIDER Edition subscribers only)
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