Thursday 27 December 2012

Labour don't care about democracy

It makes no sense for all the power in an election to be given (only) to the majoritarian winner. With proportional representation it is possible for power (in parliament) to be shared evenly between the candidates according to their popularity. There is no reason to give all the power to the largest party... as happens with fptp. The Labour party exploit (and do nothing to remedy) the historical fact that fptp is used in this country which means they get power which they would not otherwise get. The left-wing state could but doesn't give people proportional democracy. It would be generous of the left to share this power but shared power is no power so they need to keep fptp as it is. Pr would be the end of Labour and the left. It would be a kind of resignation. This state of affairs contradicts the notion that the party of the left in a fptp system is the 'nice' party. If the left were nice they would give the people proportional representation.

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