Proportional representation is to the left of fptp

The nature of fptp is that it leads to the emergence of two dominant parties... we might accept this as benign if we consider one of them to be of the left and the other to be of the right. But this is not the case. It is a false perspective to think that the two fptp parties are of the left and the right... they are both of the right. If we assume the centre-left party is Labour and the centre-right party is the Tory party then someone on the left would vote Labour. But the problem with this is that we might not like Labour. We might think that Labour make the Tories look good when in fact that is exactly what we do not want. Fptp encourages people to vote Tory because the left (Labour) look so bad. People on the left who are not represented by Labour do not like fptp because fptp makes leftism look like Labour and therefore makes it look ridiculous... which is good for the Tories. If the alternative to the Tories is not Labour then fptp presents us with a problem. Fptp is a problem because both of the parties which emerge under this system will be oppressive and of the right... liberty and freedom are to the left of both of the fptp parties... proportional representation is to the left of fptp.