U.K. elections
Sir,—Mark Sadler (July 4) cites Italy as a dire example of the dangers of a democratic electoral system. In any country less politically backward then New Zealand, such a claim would readily be seen for what it is — an appeal to obscurantism. If proportional representation is the cause of Italy’s political volatility, it must also be the reason for the stability of a dozen other European States, from Iceland to Austria. What they have in common is a refusal (often born of bitter experience) to allow any minority party to obtain a stranglehold on political power. Until New Zealand does likewise its claims to democracy are distinctly hollow, and increasingly liable to unscrupulous exploitation. — Yours, etc., S. 0. MAHONY. July 4, 1983.
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