UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023

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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