#FPTP

The @ScotTories, @Conservatives, and their dog-whistling pals in the right wing press have spent 5 long and painful years telling us that this is what democracy is. Irrefutable that there

Leonardo Carella

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If Labour wants to stand athwart the forces of realignment, yelling "stop", they're welcome to it. Virtually no social democratic party did it successfully, and it's unlikely that the trick

LABOUR ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! #FBPPR

1. It is sometimes stated that a vote for anyone other than Labour is a vote for the Tories. If you are of this view, then maybe you need to

Andy Ballingall #BLM 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🤝

As support for #Brexit drains away, the 52% support withered to just 32% and falling, the country's finances short by £130 billion (before #COVID19), and with a #NorthKoreaBrexit looming that

IndyRef2, mandate or not?Three arguments here, that either a) you need an overall SNP majority, b) you need an overall majority in the popular vote, or c) you need an

Mark Popay. 💚 #FBPPR #FBPE KT

I awoke on the morning after the 2019 GE in slightly stunned disbelief that the Tories had won by a landslide. How could so many people have been conned by

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Is an interesting debate PR v FPTP, but unfortunately rarely substantiated by evidence. I obviously don't know were he lived, so I can't figure how low the barr actually is

Andy J Watson #MVM #GetPRDone

The Conservative Party has governed the UK for the majority of the last 100 years, which arguably makes them beneficiaries of the UK's 130 year old First Past The Post

Rebel💔 🏳️‍🌈🌎🌳🚴🏼🍉

Select quotes from the ERRE report:https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/ERRE/Reports/RP8655791/errerp03/errerp03-e.pdf "In its 1st report, presented to the HOC on 30 May 1921, the Special Committee on Proportional Representa

Matt Edwards 💚🌍🍺

Really @guardian - we are pushing this third party cost the second place candidate the election narrative?In a #democracy people vote for the candidate they want.That's how it works.#fairvotes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/no

Why is proportional representation a good idea?1. It means that *all* votes matter in elections, not just those for the candidate with the most number of votes. Why is proportional

Why is proportional representation a good idea?1. It means that *all* votes matter in elections, not just those for the candidate with the most number of votes. Why is proportional

Steven Fielding

So education has replaced class as the new divide; but one thing remains constant: the Conservatives usually know how to win votes while Labour struggles. Thursday was just confirmation of

Expect an outbreak of angry debate in Labour about whether they need to revert to Corbyn-era policies, or push ahead more boldly with a Starmer-style shift to centre. But it

Salome Strangelove

I no longer speak to people who throw away their votes, but given the obvious severity of the upcoming election — just in case some of you are still trying

Another dawn, another day of the left continuing to anchor itself to a dud leader and wondering why they’re still being pulled underwater Like, I’m sorry, but the suspension of