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Comment on UK at risk of ‘failed election’ without major reforms, watchdog warns

The Tories have been against changes to the system for ages. Now that they notice that without methods of proportional representation they will be out of jobs after the next election, this kind of change suddenly looks good.

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Syldon@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As are Labour. The Tories are not the only culprit here. It was listed in the 1997 Labour manifesto pledge.

We are committed to a referendum on the voting system for the House of Commons. An independent commission on voting systems will be appointed early to recommend a proportional alternative to the first-past-the-post system.

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