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Febrile atmosphere here, febrile.
Hoping that we can be rid of the tories today. More distant hope is for a change to the voting system...
The problem here is that any government that wins an election is disinclined to change the system that resulted in their victory.
Reform definitely wouldn't do it.
Honestly think that the only way that we will get electoral reform is if Lib Dems become the official opposition and they really push Labour on it. The daft thing being that if they actually introduced electoral reform Labour would practically win every time, albeit with a smaller majority, not that it would make any difference to them.
The latest YouGov poll actually has the Lib Dems as official opposition in one of their predictions. It's unlikely though as things need to go particularly well for them and bad for the Tories in most of the borderline seats. I'd love to see it happen!
Let's go, tactical voting! ABCDEF: Anybody But the Conservatives, but Don't Ever Farage.
Never vote blue
Always hated blue, worst colour
Labour Brexit voter? 😉
Tories turning to reform has a lot to do with the prediction. As that tends to hit Tory/Lib Dem seats hugely. By limiting the Tory vote on the far right. While helping central right Tories voting Lib Dem.
So def worth voting tactically if you live in a historically Tory safe seat area.
This assumes labour and the current parties would continue to exist as they are under PR.
Honestly the UK political ideals would need to change.
I personally think fptp has damaged the UKs idea of political compromise. Looking at attitudes to brexit when it was won by people who had doffering ideas of what it ment.
And the EUs attitude to our red lines eve. Our own parliment could not agree on.
Our politicians all looked like stupid children.
I guess that or some coalition government. But that didn't really go well last time.
Labour aren't going to change the voting system. Unfortunately we have to wait for another hung parliament and then some more before we get representation.
I agree about a change to the voting system. I think proportional representation would be better.