The little microdebate began with a conversation with @Zefarelli, whose views I respect, triggered by my curiosity about what PR actually provides, set against its weaknesses.
I understand that presently if you vote labour but you end up with a tory MP then you can argue that your 'voice...
I know people are getting fed up with abuse on NSC but...
You are a gold plated idiot.
You are innumerate.
You are the sort of person who should be subjected to lab tests before being allowed a vote.
****. And.... on ignore.
Are you seriously questioning my argument against PR based on that?
You can rerun my calculations based on different figures. The outcome is the same - with FPTP electing a working majority government once you get above around a certain percentage that is less than 50% (say 42%), whereas you...
As a sensible poster....you compel me to reconsider my position....
Well my position is predicated by the time-honoured fact that PR allows minority parties to obtain seats and provide representation. For whom and to whom? Minority and vested opinion. Is that OK? Not when it includes racists...
I rather like it.
Some team has to be the government. You can't have a coalition government of parties that oppose one another like labour and tory here.
I was never happy under Thatcher, and I am very unhappy under Boris (he weighs a ****ing ton) but I absolutely cannot complain about the...