Monday 19 November 2012

First past the post is not a democracy

People claim that fptp is a form of democracy and that pr would not be preferable... (just another version of the same thing) they claim that we have a choice now between the two parties of a fptp-duopoly and that pr would make no difference. But is is not true to say that fptp operates fully as a democracy. It is impossible for voters to vote for a party which is not progressive (that doesn't want to make things better) and so the Tories never win under fptp. This means that fptp is not a democracy but a monopoly for Labour. Fptp is not bad (an obstacle) for Labour because it is not democratic. Democracy would be bad for Labour... pr would be better for the country because it is a genuine form of democracy.

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