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Originally Posted by jfman
I do wonder by the 2028/9 election whether PR could end up back on the agenda in manifestos. Ultimately it wouldn't be voted for again until 2031 and implemented at least until the 2033/4 general election.
If Farage is serious about it - and I don't think he is - FPTP creates really distorted results in a 4 party system. It has always created distorted results in a three party system just ones that I think people lived with because it gave the most popular party a working majority at any given time.
However if a sizeable number of people (as it hits 50% for example) are voting for someone who isn't the Conservatives or Labour that willingness to tolerate it will break down.
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As someone pointed out, it would need both Labour & Tories to gain less than 50% of the seats at a GE for it to be considered, they are both too wedded to adversarial politics.
Unfortunately AV was never PR, as it is about the only voting system that manages to be both better and worse than FPTP.
Also this is an interesting investigation from By-line Times regarding invisible candidates.
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/03/r...e-they-hiding/