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Yep, but I think plenty have a rosy view that PR would be all about the greens, etc gaining influence without considering what would happen in the other direction.
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As shown in that graph the Tory + UKIP block would have been unstoppable. So it's not like they still wouldn't have been pulled to the right.
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The responses from @villa-ru & @snottyotter sum up my thoughts
PR results do require a shift to consensus and collaborative governing. If it comes in it will take a generation of politicians to learn how to work this way and move on from the ingrained adversarial politics we are currently at the depths of.
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it's just fairer, even if fairer means some unwanted outcomes.
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It reflects the mood of the country at that time. Note the impact on green & lib dem numbers too.