Thursday 8 November 2012

The Tories would do well under pr

Voters who are willing to enter into a coalition with the Tories are often not prepared to vote for them. To vote for the Tories means to give consent to (what is often religiously-based) bigotry... but liberal people do not mind going into a coalition and doing business with them. In particular Libertarians who reject all forms of economic coercion would likely be willing to go into coalition with the Tories and not with Labour. The Tories are to the left of Libertarians. With pr a section of people currently voting for the Labour party would 'leapfrog' the Tories and exist to their right. Tory support for fptp encourages people to vote tactically which is good for Labour and bad for (the Tories and) Libertarians. What is bad for Labour (proportional representation) is good for the Tories.

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