Do we need a new British electoral system..?

People in Norwich today get to vote for a new Member of Parliament. Most of the rest of the nation is - or should be - very jealous that they have the rare chance to have their say. We hope they use their vote wisely and vote for their freedoms and future democracy.

Quite deliberately, this blog has never posted anything about the Norwich by-election.

However, it does make us think.

What is clear to anybody with more than a passing interest in politics is that some people resonate with the public and speak up for things that people agree with and believe in.

Yet due to the fact that the country is broken down into constituencies, we seldom get an opportunity to vote for the person we would like to run our national - repeat: national - affairs.

It's probably very clear to anybody who has looked at this blog even once before who we would not vote for.

So, as an example of personalities, let us first start by looking at the Conservative party by way of example.

There are some great minds and visionaries within the Conservative Party and, indeed, some true Statesmen who understand this nation's proud heritage and traditions.

Without listing them all, we're imagining a state of affairs where every member of the public got a say in who would be the Conservative Party leader and, if they were to win a General Election, become Prime Minister.

So, imagine that the contenders were (in alphabetical order) David Cameron, William Hague, Dan Hannan and Boris Johnson.

We would not hesitate in backing Dan Hannan to lead the party and, in doing so, to become Prime Minister.

If whoever came second were to become Deputy Leader and we had to vote for them too... well, we'd go for the most proud of Britain as a nation and the one who has proven most determined to keep British sovereignty.

Though no matter how much we want to vote for Dan Hannan, we cannot. Even if he were standing for Westminster. Which so far, he hasn't. Memo to Hannan - get back to Westminster - your nation needs you.

So then say Hannan won the right to represent the Conservatives. Meanwhile, all the other parties would have leadership contests in the same way, with the general British public choosing the party leader.

Think you've heard this model before..?

It's no secret that we support UKIP. So then in a following election, we might have to choose directly between Dan Hannan and Nigel Farage. Which might cause us a headache, true.

Point is, we would have a choice. Who chose Gordon Brown?

Now, the constituencies would still need to have a local representative and the current system could still be used to send someone or another - that no-one ever heard of, and of whom we had no opinion on their position on issues outside of their tribal party literature.

Some might argue that such a model is akin to electing a President. While this model might mirror the American electoral system in many ways, there is no reason why a model like this could not exist whilst retaining Her Majesty as Head of State.

This is just something that this blog author was thinking over this evening. It's a thought in it's infancy. Would love to hear your views...

In the meantime, here's the aforementioned Dan Hannan unknowingly (?) setting out his candidacy to be a future Prime Minister of a sovereign British nation...