UK Politics

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Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK's general elections are run.

The Lib Dems have long called for first past the post (FPTP) to be replaced with proportional representation (PR).

By contrast, PR is the idea that parties' seats in parliament should be allocated so that they are in proportion to the number of votes cast.

Versions of proportional representation are already used to elect representatives in the regional legislatures of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Coogan, who in the past has supported Labour and appeared in the party's election material, said he plans to vote for Lib Dem candidate in Lewes, James MacCleary in a bid to oust Conservative MP Maria Caulfield.

And when they finally decide to call time on so many years of shambles and sleaze, the Liberal Democrats will be ready," he said.

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I don't think there's many millennials that would vote LD now

Jfc, the fact that anyone still believes we can vote our problems away is beyond depressing...

Voting for the third and smaller of the puppets is still voting for a puppet. They all still serve capitalism, not people, they all still want to maintain the status quo, not bring actual change. The illusion of choice is just another distraction by those in power to keep themselves there.

Continuing to play within the rules written by and in defence of the system will only ever result in us staying under the boot that is said system, that's a fact that is never going to change, the sooner people realise this, the sooner we can move towards actual change (where society is designed by and for all of its members, not by and for the rich).