The cries of the losers seem to be loud in last week's edition of The Weekend Sun, and I bear no grudge to their comments and portrayal of the elections. But alas, 65 per cent of the population did not vote for Bill and that is huge compared to 45 per cent that did. It does not matter who those 65 per cent of votes were for, just the fact that they wanted a change. As for MMP, it has been voted in on no less than two separate times by the public as a means to hold anyone who wishes to be the government accountable, and has nothing to do with being friends, thus Winston, unlike the other minor parties, does just that. So there is democracy in this country if only for the right to vote. In everything else you're just sheep that conform to the system with your freedom being fenced.

R Stewart, Te Puke.