Once again, I pretty much agree with it all. It does eliminate the excuses many have for not voting.

I can't quite work out whether you're ignoring or dismissing my concern that many, with no time for, or interest in politics, do currently vote.

If it was more effort, they may not.

Maybe that's not so bad. We've ticked the box of universal suffrage, now if those who don't currently know what they're voting for self-exclude, that will improve the voting pool, and hopefully governance with it.

Should governments govern, or represent the public?

I'm with the former, democracy as a check on power.

So yes, we abolish parties and the people have to evolve to keep up, stagnate and give up, or ferment then revolt.

Worth a shot.

How do you sell it? It sounds more like revolution than evolution to me, stripping the most powerful people in the country of their influence, but maybe the time is ripe. Lockdown, or the need for lots of it, has certainly united the parties, if not the whole nation.

[With the ballots, yes, more votes gets a more representative results, and +2 to -2 is more satisfying than 1 to 5.]