Re: RTD vs Biden

The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

In article <xn0oob78bgz8k3z006@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

 
With the first past the post system that they use in the UK,
Britain is basically a two-party country government wise. When
the British public get sick of Labour, the Conservatives will
return to government... and vice-versa. I doubt I will ever see
a [majority] Liberal Party UK government in my lifetime.
 

 
And I never thought Liberals would go beyond 50 seats.
 

If the UK ever uses our system of voting (PR) then that would be
different... you'd have more hung parliaments and coalitions and
then the LibDems would be more significant..

 
WEll the referendum on PR did say no PR.

We never held a referendum on PR. We held a referendum on AV which
basically results mostly in a “second past the post” victory in most of our
constituencies. Proponents of PR are … not keen on AV. Imagine the last
election on that basis - Reform voters STILL wouldn’t have gained more than
a handful of seats but the Tories would gain a lot back when Reform’s
second choices proved to be almost all pro Tory. AV still massively biases
towards two parties in each seat.

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