Quote Originally Posted by MarcusCole View Post
We had a vote on this a while back. Was turned down by the electorate.
The problem is that with any form of Proportional Representation, it always does what it is meant to do - weaken the main parties - in turn you end up with the tail wagging the dog.

Using Australia as an example of democracy is a bit disingenuous, as Australians are forced by law to vote in elections. A democratic right of every person is to be able to vote or choose to abstain from voting. It's ok for their Parliamentarians, but not for their electorate.

I've lived under different electoral systems and my preferred is still first past the post. It may be painful sometimes, but it does lead to stronger governments, generally, which allows them to get their policies passed. There's nothing worse than a weak government. Many European countries suffer from that problem and they end up with ba$tardised coalitions between the main and a collection of minority, loony, parties.

Look what happened with the Tories and the DUP - my god, if you think PR could work, think again.