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‘Proportional representation will lead to better politics’, Labour conference told
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Instead we got the Tories. FPTP has allowed a fascist government in. There is no getting away from that.
Err... It would have been a Con-UKIP coalition under PR.
Also, your argument for PR isn't going to be very successful if it's based purely on trying to keep a party out.
Also, don't go for the tedious "fascist" label. We're not on Twitter here.
No, UKIP-Con would not be a majority.
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/how-the-2019-election-results-could-have-looked-with-proportional-representation/
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/how-would-parliament-look-under-proportional-representation
We are a liberal majority country. It is FPTP that gives us regressive right wing governments.
Same in the USA.
Yer I know, but I think we in the UK have more hope of sorting our system.
We've had a Conservative-ukip coalition since 2015. With PR the progressive parties would have had enough power to quickly nip the Conservatives insanity in the bud.