@syllopsium@peoplemaking.games
Post #2330891
2026-05-08 21:13 UTC
@lionelb@expressional.social @RolloTreadway@beige.party I wouldn't call it 'crooked' - there are advantages and disadvantages with each system.
However, yes, regardless of my opinion on Reform if a party gets 27% of the votes, it should generally have 27% of the representation.
It'd also mean a lot of compromise, Reform being shown their arse on a lot of issue quickly, and the electorate having to grow up and realising they can't have everything. Win win..
Of course I don't expect it to change, because if Reform are trying to lead calling the system 'unfair', they are also very keen indeed on a referendum result from 2016 and should therefore be fully on board with a referendum result from 2011 that had a much greater majority.
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@lionelb@expressional.social 2026-05-08 21:33
@syllopsium@peoplemaking.games @RolloTreadway@beige.party There is some virtue in a system which gives some weight to a voter's second choice. Every party is itself a coalition so more granularity means more accurate representation. There are any number of balanced systems and arguments for and against each. I am open to any fair formula. FPTP is about elective dictatorship though. It is an anti-democratic abomination.