The current system of party politics is a clear failure, as we can see by the problems faced by the nation. There are many fundamental flaws in our party system:

• Though we proudly claim to be a multi-party democracy, only one party wins each election and rules the country for the following five years as a one-party state; in this sense our one party rule is as much a disaster as one-man rule.

• The one party that rules is always working on being re-elected, distracting their attention from conducting the business of government effectively.

• The party in power necessarily thinks first of the interests of its own supporters on whom it relies for support, rather than on the interests of the nation as a whole; the supporters of other parties feel perpetually frustrated and dissatisfied.

• The losing parties feel obliged to oppose the government at every step, and do everything possible to make it fail.

• Since the winning party only enjoys the support of 50% or less of the population, by itself it never enjoys the popularity to create a basis for the unity and the success of the government and the nation.

• Party politics not only divides parliament into warring camps, but increases divisiveness and bitterness between regional and other groups within the population.

• The result is highly ineffective government. This is a critical time when Britain faces severe challenges in health, education, employment, law and order, and its future in Europe. At this time the current party system of politics needs to be re-evaluated, and then replaced by an All-Party