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The only justification for not doing this is protectionism. Starmer is placing party above country. We can see how damaging the Tories are. I do not want to see their likes again.

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[–] HumanPenguin 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I really hate the claim that PR will mean we wont see the tories again.

Honestly it will mean we will see less tory only govs. But greater the. None. And likely many tory lead mixed governments.

I stronly support PR. But lets not make non valid claims about the end of tory rule.

[–] scrchngwsl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's also a deeply unprincipled argument. If you support PR on principle then you should support it even if it means Tory governments for the rest of time. If you only support it because it means "your side" gets in power more often then that's no different from Starmer supporting FPTP because it means "his side" gets into power more often.

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