If we had PR, there would be a place for single-issue parties like a hypothetical "Rejoin the EU" party.
(It would only have to clock up enough votes nationally to get one MP to have a voice in Parliament.)
(It would only have to clock up enough votes nationally to get one MP to have a voice in Parliament.)
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On the other hand it wouldn’t have made much of a difference to the outcome as the Tories and now Labour seem to think they should be following their policies
So you don't end up having silly viral Social media campaigns, like #GTTO, swaying a general election. People actually vote for policies.
Being told that FPTP keeps the Far right out, & therefore we might as well not change the system is not democratic.
worth adding that only belarus, in Europe, apart from the UK still use FPTP. It's way to easy to run a viral campaign, e.g. #GTTO "get the tories out" and sway an election.
Count Binface got more public votes in the London mayoral elections than Liz Truss did to become prime minister, who went on to thrash the economy.
(Count Binface is on the right in this photo)
Happy Easter.
It's not perfect but it's way too easy to use social media to sway an FPTP election. #GTTO played a big role in Labour getting elected.
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/22395675/
Tories and Labour both rely too heavily on FPTP.
(And is one MP really a voice worth having?)
Ironically, in Ottawa, Canada, they used the UK as an example of how FPTP gives the right more power in their recent referendum on voting systems.
Sensible (!) citizens could number as many "good" candidates as they like, but they would still have been in a minority?
Here's a handy splainer on how the Irish PR system works.
I live in Norway for a while - they have quite an advanced form of consensus politics (PR). It's fascinating.
The silver lining is that the Green Party always does really well in the “if you thought it would make a difference who would you vote for?” hypothetical…
As you say - our right wing media (inc BBC) has a lot to answer for.)
That and press reform should have come before anything else.