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Originally Posted by punky
I have not computed the various figures that of the dozens of systems Lib Dem supporters can dream up but i'd suggest that FPTP has been very kind to Lib Dems this time around.
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On a strictly proportional basis, this is roughly what the result would have been:
Tories: 234 (on 36.1% of the vote)
Labour: 188 (on 29% of the vote)
Lib Dems: 149 (on 23% of the vote)
However that is not the type of PR favoured by the Lib Dems.
The Lib Dems have not dreamed up "dozens of systems".
The Lib Dems want to see the UK use the
Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. This is the same system preferred by the Electoral Reform Society, & also by Conservative Action for Electoral Reform.
More info on the system is here:
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/article.php?id=48
http://www.conservativeelectoralreform.org/STV.htm
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
EDIT: Likewise from the Tory point of view, they weren't given an overwhelming mandate and can either loosely govern or bite the bullet for the sake of the country, give ground, and give us a stable government sooner rather than later. At the moment what we need above all else is stability, which in my opinion only a Tory / Lib Dem coalition can give as the alternatives would be a mess.
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Agreed.