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Labour Conference voted to make PR a manifesto pledge yesterday, although Starmer almost certainly (and stupidly) won't endorse it.
I'd like to see PR, there's a consistent majority for centre-left parties in the UK, the Tories basically never poll over 50%, so getting PR locked in as the UK's voting system would essentially freeze the Tories out of being the sole party of government, possibly forever - and this would actually better reflect the political views of the UK's population.
FPTP is a perverse voting system, the single main argument in favour of it was that it produced strong, accountable, stable governments - so that one's been blown right out of the water over the last few years. (Plus, who voted for Truss and her insane crackpot agenda?) It also concentrates the effective electoral battleground into a relatively small number of potential swing constituencies.
PR is not without its own problems, but FPTP is dire. The other problem with FPTP, of course, is that a party that manages to win under it, is less inclined to want to change it. (i.e. New Labour.)
I'd like to see PR, there's a consistent majority for centre-left parties in the UK, the Tories basically never poll over 50%, so getting PR locked in as the UK's voting system would essentially freeze the Tories out of being the sole party of government, possibly forever - and this would actually better reflect the political views of the UK's population.
FPTP is a perverse voting system, the single main argument in favour of it was that it produced strong, accountable, stable governments - so that one's been blown right out of the water over the last few years. (Plus, who voted for Truss and her insane crackpot agenda?) It also concentrates the effective electoral battleground into a relatively small number of potential swing constituencies.
PR is not without its own problems, but FPTP is dire. The other problem with FPTP, of course, is that a party that manages to win under it, is less inclined to want to change it. (i.e. New Labour.)