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Re:German Pirate Party Scores Second State Victory by arethuza on Monday March 26, 2012 @09:44AM (#3756620)
The Scottish Parliament actually has an element of PR, so we do get some minority parties with seats:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament#2011_result

It wouldn't surprise me if we have Pirate Party MSPs in a few years.

[NB Scotland is still very much a part of the UK, at least for a couple of years or so!].

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Re:German Pirate Party Scores Second State Victory by jellicle on Monday March 26, 2012 @10:04AM (#3756707)
Ah, I didn't know Scotland had MMP. Good for you. I was thinking of the U.S., Canada, and UK main parliament.
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Re:German Pirate Party Scores Second State Victory by cabalamat on Monday March 26, 2012 @06:38PM (#3758987)
> It wouldn't surprise me if we have Pirate Party MSPs in a few years

The Scottish parliament is one of the legislatures we're targetting -- it is good for us brecause it has a combination of (a) low threshold to get elected, and (b) low amount of money necessary to run an effective campaign.

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