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PurpleLass · 20-04-2005, 20:41

Another problem with politics in the UK is that we have so many parties that the elected one is not actually the one that necessarily got the most votes. Say for example Labour won, they had 45% of the vote, Conservatives 40%, Liberal 10% and others the remaining 5%. That means that 55% of the people who voted were voting against the elected party. Add to that the fact that only about 35% of the population vote anyway and that means that a miniscule number of people are actually voting for the party that won.

Got to say that the one thing I really like about Liberals is their call for proportional representation. Not sure it could work in practice but it does seem unfair that a party could win one seat with x no. of votes and then lose another seat with the same number of votes or more.

20-04-2005, 20:41	#23
PurpleLass Full Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 269 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 42	Re: Can a leopard change its spots? Another problem with politics in the UK is that we have so many parties that the elected one is not actually the one that necessarily got the most votes. Say for example Labour won, they had 45% of the vote, Conservatives 40%, Liberal 10% and others the remaining 5%. That means that 55% of the people who voted were voting against the elected party. Add to that the fact that only about 35% of the population vote anyway and that means that a miniscule number of people are actually voting for the party that won. Got to say that the one thing I really like about Liberals is their call for proportional representation. Not sure it could work in practice but it does seem unfair that a party could win one seat with x no. of votes and then lose another seat with the same number of votes or more.