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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Steve H on June 27, 2023, 07:53:38 PM

Title: Polly Toynbee on Tory gerrymandering and PR
Post by: Steve H on June 27, 2023, 07:53:38 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/27/tories-voter-id-rules-britain-labour
Apart from her referring to "proportional representation" as though it's a single system, rather than a number of different ones, some of which (imo) would be even worse than the present system, this is an excellent article.

Title: Re: Polly Toynbee on Tory gerrymandering and PR
Post by: Stranger on June 28, 2023, 12:13:12 PM

Quote from: SteveH on June 27, 2023, 07:53:38 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/27/tories-voter-id-rules-britain-labour
Apart from her referring to "proportional representation" as though it's a single system, rather than a number of different ones, some of which (imo) would be even worse than the present system, this is an excellent article.

Yes, read that. Quite agree. I get your point on PR but we have plenty of examples, both that have been used here for various non-Westminster elections, and from most of Europe and elsewhere. It shouldn't be too hard to choose a reasonable system.