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Originally Posted by danielf
You make it sound like it's an unfair request. Let me say it once more. Nearly one in four people voted Lib Dems, yet they got less than 10% of the seats. How the hell do you justify that?
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It's not for me to justify it but its not my fault the Lib Dem voters are clustered into disparate constinuency areas. That's a fact of life. Labour dominate the inner cities, Conservatives dominate suburbs and rural areas. Lib Dems have bits in between. Its not my fault, its not the country's fault. The Tories suffered from Labour's gerrymandering you know. Surely its up to the Lib Dems to appeal to the most seats around the country than dominating small pockets of voters.
I have said before I have no issue with the Lib Dems trying bring in a system that suits them. Its self preservation. I'd have no problem if they built a coalition, got the country out of the hole it's in and then a year or two down the line start to pose the question to the public. However they are currently holding our country to ransom over the issue. And the fact they'd rather pal up with Labour if they will guarantee to bring in AV (and they have said, they will) than who would be better at stimulating the economy and protecting rights (clue: its not Labour), adds insult to injury.