BBC NEWS 24 136 08 Oct 17:24/19
HAGUE TO DEFEND FIRST-PAST-THE-POST
William Hague has pledged to defend the
first-past-the-post voting system.
Mr Hague told the Tory conference that
the Jenkins Commission on electoral
reform was "rigged" and it would
probably produce a "rigged report".
He went on to describe "four steps to
victory" at the next general election.
The first was May's local elections,
then next May's local elections, then
elections to Scottish Parliament and
Welsh Assembly, and the Euro elections.
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