Electoral reform needed.

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  1. Ext

    Extremely Northern Well-Known Member

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    Extremely Northern, May 8, 2015
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    11 M for the Tories, 19 M against

    but the 19 million were not against them where they.... they voted for other parties... Your argument therefore supports that 11Million were against the other parties... Its not like that is it. You could even thus say that around 29 million voted agist the jocks and 1.5 voted for the jocks... Come on Dave you are better than that ... :)
     
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    Re: 11 M for the Tories, 19 M against

    not a chance of electoral reform now the tories have a majority.
     
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    Re: 11 M for the Tories, 19 M against

    We had a referendum on this only 4 years ago and PR lost.
     
    Gloria Stitts, May 8, 2015
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    No we didn't, we had a vote on alternative voting (AV), not on PR
     
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    thats right ark,we were offered an alternative that on paper seemed too complicated for many especially when they were having to make 2nd and 3rd choices
     
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    Sorry, you are correct.

    But if people aren't going to vote AV then they certainly won't vote for PR, the public just don't want coalition governments all the time.
     
    Gloria Stitts, May 8, 2015
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    Why not. AV was a **** and confusing system. PR should be put in.

    It would have a proportion of polices from each party. Which should then reflect the amount of votes with that party.

    If that isn't as close to a democracy as people want I don't know what is.

    The current way keeps the big players in power and control. **** the rest. Every single vote that isn't with the FPTP winner is then completely ignored.

    But then again. I would worry what policies would get through the system from complete loonies
     
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