How we can smash Britain’s two-party system for good at the next election (www.theguardian.com)

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George Monbiot suggests that Labour shouldn't be supported because they're now pushing right-wing policies, in his view.

So he thinks people should tactically support progressive parties who support electoral reform (Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru), which may hopefully then lead to electoral reform, so that we end up with proportional representation. Then Brits will have more choices than effectively just two parties for future elections.

Thoughts?

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

That was a terrible video that doesnt explain your points.

lack of accountability

How so? Thats just a transparency issue, if we know that 50% of the Labour votes were originally Green votes then that definitely sets a tone.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

That was a terrible video that doesnt explain your points.

"Terrible" video because it doesn't jive with your confirmation bias. I disagree the video is very made. Why are you dead-set on a system that only works to entrench the 2 big parties. It shows how passing the alternative vote makes democracy less fair in the long run. The top performers on the global metrics are often pr countries such as Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland while Australia is trailing well behind.

https://www.fairvote.ca/a-look-at-the-evidence/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

How so? Thats just a transparency issue, if we know that 50% of the Labour votes were originally Green votes then that definitely sets a tone.

Which labour can conveniently ignore because they have a stronger stranglehold on democracy as they receive the lower ranked votes thanks to the funneling effect.

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