The Tories are not the exact opposite of Labour that is to say that not liking Labour is not the same as being a supporter of the Tories. Other parties are possible which is why there is a problem with the first-past-the-post system.
The middle is excluded only if each statement is the opposite of the other if they are not exact opposites then we have a false dichotomy (the negation of one statement does not prove the truth of the other).
If we take a hypothetical voter who doesn't like the Labour party then for the first-past-the-post system to accommodate them requires that this voter must vote for the Tories. There is an assumption that the Tories are owed non-Labour votes. But if we do not want to exclude this kind of voter then fptp is inadequate. If some non-Labour voters might not be (and in fact are not) Tories then this Tory-supported system is being oppressive. The Tories are oppressing liberals (and being helpful to Labour) by not using a proportional system.
Using fptp to ignore the liberal vote is not a good idea for non-socialists because this leads to Labour governments. It would be wise for the Tory party (if they are not socialists) to seize the opportunity of a proportional system because this would make it possible for the Labour party to be excluded from government.
We get Labour government because the Tories refuse to adopt pr.
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