Quote Originally Posted by queenslandpie View Post
If the UK had a system of proportional representation in the last few years what do you think would have changed?

I'm curious.

All of the remaining voters do have a say in how the country is governed. Which is why they vote. What would be a good start is if voting was compulsory with significant fines for not voting. A staggering amount of people (not just in the UK) are lazy about a basic democratic right. Even turning up and writing bunch of fools or whatever on your voting paper. The system of PR here is questionable but the enforcement to vote is important and I agree 100% with it.
Exactly, what would or could be different? The answers could possibly explain why proportional representation will never be a thing. I was trying to explain to my son why I often don’t vote, and it’s generally because I feel like nothing ever changes and nothing ever really changes because a single vote in this current paradigm doesn’t really mean anything….like it would in a proportional representation system.

I remember finding it strange when I first went to vote that it wasn’t for the prime minister I wanted but a local constituent/MP. So, if you liked the look and sound of a particular PM candidate but the local MP is an absolute crook then you’re torn.

The system is broke, but it’s by design.