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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
But I don't want to vote for a party, I want to elect my local MP.
And you can't say that n% of votes didn't count. They all did, they elected their local MP who (should) represent them.
Too much in Europe is divorced from the electorate. How can we affect outcomes individually against a wider majority if our representation is elected more widely? This isn't to say minority issues should overrule but they should be heard.
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Truly 64% of votes made absolutely no difference to the outcome. That is 64% of people needn't have bothered to vote and the result would have been just the same.
I may have a constituency MP but I have not voted for any MP I have been lumped with since first I could vote. So how do they truly represent me or my politics? With PR there could be a choice of MPs to contact, one of whom would nearer represent me politically.
The EU works on political groupings and work for the good of the whole of Europe. Similarly the voters of England and Wales have voted to take the UK out of EU. Scotland, NI and Gibraltar have no choice in the matter. The majority have voted against their wishes.
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Originally Posted by ianch99
Nice try but no cigar.
MP's are elected to represent their constituencies and their party. They are not elected to become PM or to serve in Cabinet. You can even have the case of a MP becoming PM that did not lead the party and win the General Election.
If Boris becomes PM, no one voted for a Conservative Party led by Boris Johnson with the corresponding change in policy & direction that such a appointment would bring.
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Odd how few seem to understand that only the various party mechanisms actually choose and vote for the party leaders. The general public have no say at all.
Only the electorate in that chosen leaders constituency get a direct choice otherwise.