"Just look at who opposes it"
That was the tagline of a classic cartoon by Murray Ball which helped tip the balance of the 1993 referendum on the electoral system. Back then, the opponents of electoral reform were a who's who of market fundamentalists: Peter Shirtcliffe, Michael Bassett, and Roger Kerr - the same people who had driven the country into the ground since 1984, who rightly feared that real democracy would put an end to their agenda. So, who's supporting it today? Peter Shirtcliffe, Michael Bassett, and Roger Kerr. Need I say more?
