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.
UK at risk of ‘failed election’ without major reforms, watchdog warns
Submitted 10 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/uk-risk-failed-election-reforms-watchdog-2814661
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Treczoks@kbin.social 10 months ago
Syldon@feddit.uk 10 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.
Syldon@feddit.uk 10 months ago
echo64@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s hard to imagine a world where voting reform happens. We all know what we need. Scrapped or massively widened voter ID and proportional representation. But everyone who has the power to change these things will have gotten their job from the current state. They don’t want to change what worked for them.
byroon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Most steps toward democracy in the UK have come after massive nationwide civil disobedience
Nudding@lemmy.world 10 months ago
RANKED CHOICE VOTING
TheMongoose@kbin.social 10 months ago
We had a chance for that, but the electorate was too stupid to vote for it anyway.
Referendums. Huh. What are they good for? Fucking over the rest of us, that's what.
andthenthreemore@startrek.website 10 months ago
The only way I can see it is with lib dems as a coalition partner. For a time a while ago it looked like that might be possible. But then the Tories kept shitting the bed the the point it looks like a labour landslide is incoming.
byroon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The problem is the LibDems already had their chance at this and completely screwed it up, ruining their credibility
jabjoe@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Mixed Member PR is the way to go, like New Zealand and Germany. Then there is still local MPs.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Do you actually feel any benifit from local MPs under fptp.
Seems party whips make them of no real value locall