Sarah Kent was fretting over a long, jargon-laden document titled "Draft Electoral Rules for the Transitional Parliament (Third Edition)" on her computer screen. Allen stood beside her, marking several key paragraphs with a red pen.
"Look here, the candidate qualifications require preliminary review by the existing local councils' nomination committees. What does that mean? It means those old men in the county councils now have the power to decide who can run for the new England Parliament. Will they let someone truly representative of the community through?" Allen's voice was calm but piercing in its accuracy.
"And here. 'Electoral districts follow the existing Westminster Parliament constituency boundaries.' Those borders were drawn decades ago, and they can't reflect the current population and community distribution; it's all to benefit the two major parties!" Sarah angrily tapped the table.
The phone rang.
