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Originally Posted by Angua
In a "democracy" this is the price you might have to pay. Better everyone has a fair vote and you get the odd aberration, than continuing with a few dictating to the many.
With some form of PR chances are there would be more than 1 Conservative MP in Scotland.
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It would appear that even with FPTP we will have a situation of the many getting their voice heard, it may not be in the way you want but it's what's happening.
Sadly we can't all have our vote count for something regardless of the system used. I can imagine your frustration not voting Tory and being in a very strong Tory seat but that's how it's turned out.
It could be a very, very interesting bit of progress with what the Tories and Lib Dems come up with if they do go down this route though. I agree the current system doesn't work, but it may have by accident gotten something right this time around, albeit in a round about way
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Originally Posted by danielf
I agree about it being good to have a link to local areas, but frankly that is just about the only thing that FPTP has going for it, and as pointed out, that has its drawbacks as well. As you said a hybrid system would be good, but I'm not sure if such a system exists.
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Per my previous comment it'll be interesting to see what Tories / Lib Dems come up with. It does have serious potential for a Liberal Conservative moment which would suit me rather well.