Thread: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Old 14-10-2018, 18:27   #1556
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
It is paralysed because it does not have the support of the majority of the population. In reality around 36% of the votes made any impact on the result. PR forces coalitions with majority support of the voters.

Voters are not buying into the Tory or Labour manifesto pledges in sufficient numbers for them to do the job unhindered. As the Libs got burned last time by little more than lip service coalition, they are not going to jump in again without a decent negotiation and guarantees, neither of which May was prepared to offer. Instead of which, a party no one on the mainland can vote for, is holding the Tories to ransom.

People vote X because it is better than Y, rather than voting for Z whose policies they actually support. PR gives people the choice to vote for what they actually support, rather than the negative voting of the current system.
Well, partly correct. However, you may have a coalition which has the support of the majority of the population, but is as weak as the current government because although the numbers add up, every decision has to be put off, diluted or abandoned to get cross party support.

Look at the series of weak governments Italy has had to put up with over the years. We don't want that here.
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