I don't particularly like either process. In both cases, huge swathes of the population are under represented in parliament. How can that be right? Quite frankly, I'd rather the political horse-trading of PR than a process where a minority government gets to do what it wants, or a feeble...
In my opinion it is a better system than here precisely because of this. If you have two bland parties and one abhorrent one, it stands to reason that the public ought to be able to vote AGAINST the party they find least palatable. You'd think that in the next term, the two bland parties might...