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Gordon Brown has got his headline by calling in the navy to help deal with the ash crisis, but he now needs to flesh out those plans, says the BBC's Peter Hunt. People want to know about the practicalities - how can they get themselves and their families on one of these ships? - and it's important for Mr Brown that he gives this sort of detail soon or else public opinion could turn against him. "Imagine the scenario in which the Lib Dems do dramatically better in their popular vote than their seat count and therefore power, in the House of Commons", writes James McIntyre, of HREF="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/public-accounts/2010/04/cleggmania-lasts-system" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">the New Statesman. He says that would put the first-past-the-post system under enormous scrutiny. "Suddenly, what has been seen as an obscure issue will become mainstream, as anger at the obvious injustices of our system becomes popular and alienation from Westminster is still further enhanced," he adds.
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