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Proportional representation

Friday, 07 May 2010 22:23

First of all, a minor quibble - the Lib Dems won fewer seats, with fewer votes - NOT "less". Re PR: in Scotland we have "list" MSPs, who in effect take up the slack by ensuring larger mionority parties prejudiced by first past the post, but who do not obtain a derisory percentage of the total vote, have their seats topped up in multi-member local constituencies - not perfect, but ends with a result that's more representative. If you receive 40% of the votes, you'd struggle to take 50% of seats. We have become used to coalitions since 1998, without rioting in the streets, and without tiny fringe parties (Greens have an MSP based on percentage) obtaining disproprtionate benefit. It might mean one or two extremists in the Commons, but that's democracy for you.

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