Thursday 13 December 2012

First past the post is not strong government

First past the post does not produce strong government. Fptp makes it easy for political parties to gain a unilateral majority (without having to go into coalition) but that is not the same as strong government. Strong government means that the government has the support and the consent of the people for which it needs to be as fully democratic as possible. Without proportional representation we cannot say that we have strong government. Strong government requires proportional representation.

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