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Is proportional representation the answer?
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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago
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" For a stable UK?"
The Brexit vote was a protest vote and the people who felt most energised were those who have historically felt ignored my conventional politics. They voted for change.
It is unfortunate that the thing that they voted to change will not actually change the reason that they felt so ignored and so disenfranchised. It is sad that the political classes were not as energised and motivated during the AV referendum as they were during the Brexit referendum.
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
Cambridge |
" For a stable UK?
What type of PR?
Which do you think would work? "
All electoral systems have pros and cons. Proportional Representation isn't an electoral system, its a type or group of systems.
The UK has various levels of government and lots of different electoral systems. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They are all shit and democracy doesn't work 
The constant popularity contest distracts and destabilises. "
I've thought for some time democracy has failed and needs replacing.Its had its time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They are all shit and democracy doesn't work
The constant popularity contest distracts and destabilises. I've thought for some time democracy has failed and needs replacing.Its had its time."
you Serious Bob or Teasing 
P R should be simple !
30% of a vote equals 30% of the seats Simples |
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"They are all shit and democracy doesn't work
The constant popularity contest distracts and destabilises. I've thought for some time democracy has failed and needs replacing.Its had its time. you Serious Bob or Teasing
P R should be simple !
30% of a vote equals 30% of the seats Simples "
But then you lose the advantages with local representation. Part of the problem in the US is that 2/3 of the elected government (president and senate) can basically ignore huge parts of the populations theyre supposed to serve. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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PR in the UK would also require more MPs as every constituency would have to have about 4/5 MPs in order to represent as much of the constituency as possible.
Which would probably have to be offset by collapsing existing constituencies into larger ones, so there's not a few thousand MPs.
And that in and of itself would ruffle a few feathers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They are all shit and democracy doesn't work
The constant popularity contest distracts and destabilises. I've thought for some time democracy has failed and needs replacing.Its had its time."
What should we replace it with? How would we decide...? Would we have to vote on it? Oh wait! That would never do..,too democratic!
As for PR.,. It was massively debated and voted on...and rejected.
But a more recent look at things. The 2015 election, if done under PR, would have returned a Tory/UKIP coalition as they had 53% of the vote between them. Still keen OP? |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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" For a stable UK?
The Brexit vote was a protest vote and the people who felt most energised were those who have historically felt ignored my conventional politics. They voted for change.
It is unfortunate that the thing that they voted to change will not actually change the reason that they felt so ignored and so disenfranchised. It is sad that the political classes were not as energised and motivated during the AV referendum as they were during the Brexit referendum.
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because the two parties that would be most effected by any change would be the conservatives and labour... so its not in their interest to engage people!!!
I am not a fan of pure PR, because you end with shake coalitions like italy.... it doesn't lend to steady government!
but i am a fan of PR-STV.... that way you kinda get a better mix of everything... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They are all shit and democracy doesn't work
The constant popularity contest distracts and destabilises. I've thought for some time democracy has failed and needs replacing.Its had its time. you Serious Bob or Teasing
P R should be simple !
30% of a vote equals 30% of the seats Simples
But then you lose the advantages with local representation. Part of the problem in the US is that 2/3 of the elected government (president and senate) can basically ignore huge parts of the populations theyre supposed to serve."
We have councillors for that !
And thier is nothing to stop the party's nominating someone for every area ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"As for PR.,. It was massively debated and voted on...and rejected.
AV isn't the same thing a PR."
Correct !
Perhaps P R should be changed to the name Percentage Voting ! |
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
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"As for PR.,. It was massively debated and voted on...and rejected.
AV isn't the same thing a PR. Correct !
Perhaps P R should be changed to the name Percentage Voting !"
But you lose both the local connection, and the personality connection. It's just a list from the party, 'if we get 10 seat, here are the 10 people we'll give the job to, if we get 20 seats, then here is another 10 names to add'
You would no longer have a constituency MP to represent you, unless you lived in central London, you would never see an MP. They would be even more removed from society than they already are. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As for PR.,. It was massively debated and voted on...and rejected.
AV isn't the same thing a PR. Correct !
Perhaps P R should be changed to the name Percentage Voting !
But you lose both the local connection, and the personality connection. It's just a list from the party, 'if we get 10 seat, here are the 10 people we'll give the job to, if we get 20 seats, then here is another 10 names to add'
You would no longer have a constituency MP to represent you, unless you lived in central London, you would never see an MP. They would be even more removed from society than they already are. "
your councillor would sort it ! Most people vote for a party and no nowt about the mp any way . This way every one could choose which party could represent them if they needed it ! Say your area would have s contact from all the parties you would choose which one u wsnted to raise something in parliament !
It's time for Democracy , and yo make every vote count which just isn't the case now ! |
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
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"As for PR.,. It was massively debated and voted on...and rejected.
AV isn't the same thing a PR. Correct !
Perhaps P R should be changed to the name Percentage Voting !
But you lose both the local connection, and the personality connection. It's just a list from the party, 'if we get 10 seat, here are the 10 people we'll give the job to, if we get 20 seats, then here is another 10 names to add'
You would no longer have a constituency MP to represent you, unless you lived in central London, you would never see an MP. They would be even more removed from society than they already are. your councillor would sort it ! Most people vote for a party and no nowt about the mp any way . This way every one could choose which party could represent them if they needed it ! Say your area would have s contact from all the parties you would choose which one u wsnted to raise something in parliament !
It's time for Democracy , and yo make every vote count which just isn't the case now ! "
You can't talk to councillors about national issues, such a DWP, Immigration, HMRC, bills in parliament, electoral reform etc. 
You couldn't just contact whoever you wanted either, as they wouldn't travel all over the country to hold surgeries, it wouldn't be feasible for say the Green party MP/s to visit Cambridge and Cornwall and Cardiff and Colchester and Cumbria and do their parliamentary work. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As for PR.,. It was massively debated and voted on...and rejected.
AV isn't the same thing a PR. Correct !
Perhaps P R should be changed to the name Percentage Voting !
But you lose both the local connection, and the personality connection. It's just a list from the party, 'if we get 10 seat, here are the 10 people we'll give the job to, if we get 20 seats, then here is another 10 names to add'
You would no longer have a constituency MP to represent you, unless you lived in central London, you would never see an MP. They would be even more removed from society than they already are. your councillor would sort it ! Most people vote for a party and no nowt about the mp any way . This way every one could choose which party could represent them if they needed it ! Say your area would have s contact from all the parties you would choose which one u wsnted to raise something in parliament !
It's time for Democracy , and yo make every vote count which just isn't the case now !
You can't talk to councillors about national issues, such a DWP, Immigration, HMRC, bills in parliament, electoral reform etc.
You couldn't just contact whoever you wanted either, as they wouldn't travel all over the country to hold surgeries, it wouldn't be feasible for say the Green party MP/s to visit Cambridge and Cornwall and Cardiff and Colchester and Cumbria and do their parliamentary work."
they could appoint representatives and councillors can contact the relevant people !
I'd rather have democracy ! |
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