Vote now for which 5 policies that will form the Power 2010 Pledge.
I voted for:
1. a fully elected upper house;
2. fixed term Parliament;
3. proportional voting, not first past the post;
4. hold elections on the weekends, not Thursdays;
5. caps on political donations;
6. MPs to control the Parliamentary timetable, not the government;
7. the right to vote to recall your MP if he/she is doing a poor job;
8. a ban for a reasonable period of time on MPs taking a job directly related to their work in Parliament;
9. reduce the use of statutory instruments to avoid Parliamentary debate;
10. more 'free votes' in the Commons, rather than voting along party lines;
11. stronger Parliamentary select committees to scrutinise government activity (or lack of it);
12. public consultation should involve a deliberative step involving members of the public;
13. local mayors elected by local residents, not councillors;
14. scrap the ID card programme.
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