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  • I'd like to see polling on what would happen if we did switch to PR. I guess closer to the councils with decent numbers for Greens and Lib Dems.
    One problem with a switch is that it would take a generation of new politicians to learn to compromise and make deals in order to get things done. Unlearning the antagonistic current behaviour would take a while.

  • You would find that extremists on the left and right would end up with an MP or two.

    I'd rather see an change in our antagonistic parliamentary and legal systems before a change in fptp.

  • I'd rather see an change in our antagonistic parliamentary and legal systems before a change in fptp.

    FPTP feeds an antagonistic parliamentary system - PR forces at least an element of consensus.

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