Harold Said:

Should We Have A General Election in Britain?

We Answered:

I am a resident and citizen of the Colonies. I was reading of a certain Mr Brown who is the heir designate of Mr Blair. The recent elections in your Kingdom SEEM to point out that the Conservatives have a fine chance of gaining seats and government control, eliminating the requirement for a 'coronation' for Mr Brown. I would be interested in a discussion of this scenario as our newspapers normally carry the Labor/Liberal line on things of this nature. Good question - very interesting.

Tony Said:

How does the voting system work?

We Answered:

The general election was was to elect an MP from your area to government in london

the local one was to elect a councillor to your local council

Susan Said:

Why did the media treat the general election like a presidential poll?

We Answered:

Because the media know their public, and they also know how government works - in practice, the Prime Minister has more say than anyone else and the backbench MPs are just "lobby fodder" to vote through what the PM wants. I agree it's a pity that it blinds the uninformed or uninterested to what a general election actually IS, and to the other purposes of MPs, such as, as you say, working locally for the constituency and dealing with constituents' problems.

As I have pointed out many times in answers on this site when that question has been asked, I've said none of them - I'm voting (and did) for Hurd.