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2026-06-23 11:37 UTC
Starmer’s resignation is latest product of the #chaos of First Past the Post (FPTP)
#Starmer’s #resignation should be a moment of reckoning. It is finally time to ask the tough questions about how we choose our #leaders, and how we choose the system that chooses them.
It would be easy to blame individual leaders. Whilst that inevitably plays a part, the #instability we are living through runs deeper than who occupies Number 10...
#FPTP #UK #elections #democracy #voting #vote
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@paka@mastodon.scot 2026-06-23 11:37
... Our system of #electing #MPs, #FPTP, means national outcomes often bear little relation to how people actually #vote - In 2024, #Labour’s 34% vote share translated into two-thirds of the seats. But that massive #majority hasn’t lent stability, because #stability comes from popular support. https://electoral-reform.org.uk/keir-starmers-resignation-is-the-latest-product-of-the-chaos-of-first-past-the-post/?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse #UK #elections #voting #ProportionalRepresentation #Starmer #ToxicPolitics #DemocracyNOW [1/2]