Blackhorse 70V
Your assessment of the American situation seems to be spot on, from where I sit it looks as if most US citizens are blissfully unaware of their influence on the world around them and, worse of all, their affects on their follow Americans, e.g. the very slow government reaction to Katrina.
OK, lets move on to your questions, you asked:
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1. Any kudos for Brown after stepping down?
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2. Any chance of proportional representation in the UK?
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3. Do you think it would work?
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1) I personally did not believe Gordon Brown would step down as leader of the labour party and give up any chance of continuing to be the UK's prime minister. However, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nicholas Clegg, has publicly said that he cannot work with Gordon Brown. So it looks like (maybe) Labour may have the chance to form a short-lived minority government.
2) Proportional representation is still some way off unless Nick Clegg and his team can come to some sort of arrangement with one of the two major parties.
3) Yes, I do believe PR will work because it works in other European countries, there may be some kinks to work out, such as preventing a small party from holding a disproportionate amount of power, but it can only be a good thing where every electorate's vote counts.
UK Bob