We believe that the case presented on this website for reform is overwhelming. Why then has reform not happened? This section of the site looks at the possible reasons:

1. Maybe we are wrong. Maybe there are arguments we have not yet appreciated. In the next page we consider some arguments against PR and refute them.
2. Maybe MPs just haven't examined the arguments in favour of reform. They don't seem to want to hear. See next page.
3. Maybe MPs put self interest or party interest ahead of the public good. On the basis of the self serving arguments on the next page, we think this is the case. We do not speculate how far this is deliberate greed and power seeking behaviour, rather than an inability to recogise the difference between their interests and those of the wider public.
4. The public do not see the relevance of democratic reforms to their lives. When people take part in a local campaign such as that to save Kidderminster Hospital, here, (or even the national campaign 'Save Our NHS'), they seem to address symptoms rather than causes and fail to address the wider picture. this covered on the page 'Public Reaction' below.
5. The public is duped by government. The public is constantly being lied to by the government, and information is being kept from them. The public is not entirely fooled, but is cynical rather than being constructively angry.

We conclude that politicians' motives are almost entirely ones of self or party interest. We wonder why the public isn't even more angry about this than about MPs expenses. We are frustrated that those campaigning against various aspects of government policy will not make the connections and demand the system is changed.