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"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. "David Cameron has spent four years saying what he thinks people want to hear and now when he believes people want to hear Nick Clegg, he starts imitating him." That's the response from Labour's Lord Mandelson to the Conservatives' latest election broadcast.
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