Thursday, 8 November 2012

Tories don't like pr because it is fair

Fptp enables the Labour party to win... we have no obligation to make it easy for the left to get elected. Proportional representation would cease to enable Labour to win. People on the right block the introduction of pr due to the (false) fear that it would hurt the Tories. The only reason to block pr is both stupid (incorrect) and unfairly selfish. It is a combination of stupidity and selfishness which makes people on the right reject pr... it is not bad for the Tories and even if it is that wouldn't be a valid reason. Tories fear pr because it might remove a non-existent lack of fairness. Even if their reasoning is correct (it isn't... their party would do no worse under pr) their argument is still prejudiced. The reason the Tories reject pr is because they hate freedom and (falsely) assume their party would do badly in a free system of voting. They don't like pr despite their party not being affected by it... they hate it only for its fairness.

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