• jabjoe@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    I honestly don’t understand how people don’t see that. FPTP is so dangerous. We desperately need to change our voting system before we end up with a jackboot Faragist government on like 1/3 of the vote. The majority don’t want that. Which isn’t unusual as our voting system never gives a reflective parliament.

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      2 months ago

      Indeed.

      I’m not even making a judgement on Corbyn here. People can love him or hate him, either way it doesn’t change the fact that by splintering support, under our voting system, you only strengthen the opposing side.

      It’s like… one of the headline problems with FPTP as a system.

      At the very least, Sultana and Corbyn could’ve joined or allied with an existing party they align with, the Greens. Seriously look at Corbyn’s recent remarks and his open letter, and Sultana’s too.

      There’s basically no distinction between them and the Greens, yet they’re choosing to battle against them in each constituency? It’s just electoral self-harm.

      • jabjoe@feddit.uk
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        2 months ago

        Couldn’t agree more. Everyone should be hollowing about our voting system as it is at the root of so much of our political problems. That and the 2008 crash and 14 years of bad handling of it.