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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by hunglee2 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @09:39AM (#34595512)
FPTP - couldn't agree more. However, Labour are the only ones who can do it, and Starmer has not said a word about it so far, so in typical Labour fashion they will be so thankful of 'a turn' in power to lose the generational opportunity to truly improve the governance of the country
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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by gadders on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:20AM (#34596158)
There was a referendum on removing FPTP and it was rejected by the British people.
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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by happymellon on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:22AM (#34596193)
Because both Tory and Labour campaigned against it.
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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by ben_w on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:07AM (#34596920)
Do you expect that's going to change next time, or do you expect that a third party will get a chance to do it against the campaigns of those two?
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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by happymellon on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:42AM (#34597456)
A 3rd party did try, Lib Dems Vs Labour and Tory, and the Lib Dems lost. Labour haven't shown that they would be for a change to the voting system, so I can't see why they would support it.

They also sabotaged the remain vote by saying they were pro-remain whilst saying that leave is the only option.

I don't know why anyone would trust Labour to do the right thing.

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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by arp242 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:27PM (#34604461)
There was a referendum on Alternative Vote (which is actually not that different from FPTP). I don' want to be overly pedantic, but I think the difference does matter.

The campaign was also filled with misinformation and emotional manipulation. I'm not saying this invalidates the result, but "we had a good long look at our electoral system and made a wise and informed decision" it was not.

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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by happymellon on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:22AM (#34596186)
Remember that Labour campaigned against an alternative voting system when we had a referendum on the matter.
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