hahaha, an intseresting mix, no?

Im actually very interested in the German elections at the moment. Admittedly, I have to be. I have an exam next summer on Comparative Government, and another on British Politics, and the topic of electoral systems and their reform is bound to crop up on at least one of them. Plus, Im writing a paper on the very issue of electoral reform in Britain. So, it is interesting for me to see not only a proportional rep system in which even after the election no one knows who is the country's leader, but a mixed member p.r. system, one which (in my humble opinion) is possibly the best of the p.r. systems in use. It is also quite worrying how much power is thus given to the small parties, who can decide the leader by giving or withholding their alliance with them.

As a side note, I was doing a little internet research on the roots of Fabian socialism. Its basically (very basically, lol) the British counterpart to German Bernsteinian Revisionism. But thats not what this websitewould have you think. I actually found this site hugely amusing, especially for its citation of a hollywood movie to substantiate its claims. I am a Fabian myself, so I can honestly say that this is most definitely not the organisation that I joined. But still, it is funny. Im pretty sure the only way this story could get any more ridiculous would be if they claimed the devil himself was the head of our organisation, and that we engineered the events of the past 50 or so years in order to achieve the humanitarian crises that have affected America in recent years. Just plain pathetic. Enjoy.