Pedants4PR

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@kpwxx @Gonjolikes @MakeVotesMatter The only people who can't imagine someone else doing that are the people who never do it themselves.

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@EdThornsen @richytheartist @ConnDav14 @ChrisKimberley @GoodwinMJ @MakeVotesMatter @electoralreform That doesn't follow. It's perfectly possible in a FPTP system for the most disliked party leader to become prime minister.

I.e. someone who ~60% of the public cannot stand - and view as a genuine threat to them and their loved ones - can easily win a large majority.

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@steveffoulkes @BarneyAllen @MakeVotesMatter Trimming weeds back is kind of what gardening is all about.

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@CurtisMorgan_ @Femi_Sorry @AntacsB @MakeVotesMatter @Keir_Starmer Yes, that does neatly summarize why the UK has been dominated by the Tories since WWII.

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https://t.co/0nvdpFlraX

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#BREAKING: The results of the latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll.

Judith Collins has soared in the preferred PM rankings since taking over as National leader - but her party is languishing at just 32%. Labour sits at 53%.

https://t.co/fWxkHztOH3
#YourVote2020 #1NEWSPoll #nzpol

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@Bradninchfellow @BalthazarBlaze @MakeVotesMatter @LibDems Eternal Lib-Lab coaltion?

The Liberals chose to form a coalition with the Tories.

What are you talking about?

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@Daedalus6 @saintlymark @MakeVotesMatter @MishaGlenny Idea for TV show: "Andres does statistical analysis."

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@vexwerewolf @aerdan @MakeVotesMatter That would make you a fascist - and someone all democrats should fight against tooth and nail.

Please rethink your views.

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@PeterWillsman Every country in Europe that has a wealth tax uses PR.

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@sirhlyon @StuartBudd1 @grahambsi @Keir_Starmer @LaylaMoran @CarolineLucas @Labour4PR @MakeVotesMatter @unitetoreform Yes, the Tories have been in power two-thirds of the time since 1950 without ever getting a majority of the vote.

We have among the worst income inequality, worst regional inequality and harshest trade union laws.

This is the predictable outcome of the voting system you support

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@sirhlyon @StuartBudd1 @grahambsi @Keir_Starmer @LaylaMoran @CarolineLucas @Labour4PR @MakeVotesMatter @unitetoreform It's reasonable to believe that because most PR governments are more radical than any UK government since 1951.

If we keep the system that has just delivered 70 years of Conservative hegemony, we will have another 70 years of Conservative hegemony.

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@sirhlyon @StuartBudd1 @grahambsi @Keir_Starmer @LaylaMoran @CarolineLucas @Labour4PR @MakeVotesMatter @unitetoreform To be sure, the Labour governments made big improvements - but only compared to British standards.

Compared to genuinely progressive countries the gains were extremely modest. These countries all use PR.

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@sirhlyon @StuartBudd1 @grahambsi @Keir_Starmer @LaylaMoran @CarolineLucas @Labour4PR @MakeVotesMatter @unitetoreform Yes. In fact, after 10 years of Labour government (and before the financial crash made it worse) the UK was still the 2nd most economically unequal country in Europe.

Under FPTP, Labour can only get in by moving to the right. The rest of the time our public services are trashed.

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@sirhlyon @StuartBudd1 @grahambsi @Keir_Starmer @LaylaMoran @CarolineLucas @Labour4PR @MakeVotesMatter @unitetoreform The last 40 years of British politics have primarily been austerity and the widespread destruction of public services - with 13 years of inadequate mitigation in middle.

This is precisely because we have First Past the Post. You should want to sign up to make it stop.

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@MattSleight @natalieben @MakeVotesMatter That's one possibility, but a hung parliament in which Labour can form a government with and only with the support of pro-PR parties is another.

The optimal opportunity would probably be if Labour gets in that situation having already committed to PR of its own accord.

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@ExtremeIyBored @natalieben @MakeVotesMatter Not to mention the fact that many Green candidates stood down anyway - without reciprocation, the promise of fair votes, or even thanks.

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@ExtremeIyBored @natalieben @MakeVotesMatter They'd stand down in a heartbeat if Labour committed to electoral reform.

As it was, the last two Labour manifestos couldn't even bring themselves to say the words - and we are where we are.

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@impmarty @natalieben @MakeVotesMatter @UnlockDemocracy @electoralreform Maybe the bishops can have the seats on Labour's NEC instead. Just to mix things up a bit...