Re: Despair over Brexit and Trump?
Without Proportional Representation then all those votes are to no avail.
Which is why I also said "the voting system is a whole other argument". I wouldn't agree that the votes are always to no avail because there are numerous examples of individual MPs being kicked out against the normal run of events, though living in an ex-industrial solidly-Labour area it does feel a bit pointless voting for any of the other candidates sometimes.
But the fact that there are other candidates - and at the last General Election there were six with us - can go some way to keeping the victorious candidate on his or her toes.
And of course the Assembly elections in "the nations" do have varied forms of proportional representation, as do (did) European elections.
A fully proportional system however, leading to constantly hung parliaments and coalitions (as seen in some European nations) may not be ideal either.
M.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
