Thursday 3 November 2016

Bloody typical


So there's been a new Petition to bring in proportional representation to the Uk, one of many recently, however, the call for a proportional representation is not something that is going to happen anytime soon.



That's right, we had our Proportional representation vote and it was rejected by the electorate and as such First Past The Post is here to stay forever.

It is the most insulting of arguments especially as the Alternative vote system was not a proportional vote system.
To quote the electoral reform society;
"In a UK-wide referendum in 2011 the British public were asked if they wanted to replace First Past the Post (FPTP) with the Alternative Voting system for electing members of parliament. The referendum produced a definitive no vote against AV.
AV is not proportional representation and in certain electoral conditions, such as the 2015 General Election, could have produced a more disproportional result than First Past the Post (FPTP)." - Alternative Vote 



So the reason we can't have Proportional representation is because people voted against something which isn't proportional representation and wouldn't have worked like proportional representation which means the country doesn't want proportional representation. The twists and turns that Westminster goes through to justify refusing any change that could conceivably improve the Nations democracy are no doubt charged back to the electorate through expenses for nifty yoga classes.
Not to worry though, FPTP, a system of voting dating back to the mid victorian era, is quite robust, fair and has very few downsides.



http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/first-past-the-post

Look forward to either a lot of silence and tutting or bemused politicians quizzically asking why, if we wanted PR we didn't vote for it.

Yours Sincerely,
Ethan Blair.

Edit; Three of these pros for FPTP can be summed up with "it's simple to understand and operate." and I very much doubt this "Centrist" encouragement at the end, Fs.

See also;

Can't Get There From Here

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