George MonbiotMar 17
The only way Reform UK could win a general election is through our first-past-the-post system. If we had proportional representation, the threat would evaporate. We don't have PR because Starmer has blocked it. This allows him to say: vote Labour or you get Farage. Because it's all he has left.
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 17

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
It's not much, now people are saying vote Green or you'll get Reform, or a Labour increasingly like Reform.

A fringe centrist party with low popularity like Labour, facing a likely FPTP wipeout at the next GE like the Tories got at the last one, should be absolutely steam-rollering PR through the commons.

Show threadRegMar 17

@petealexharris

Agreed. FPTP is a bipartite system that can be sketchy when multiple parties compete in heavily split elections. History suggests that the Westminster incumbents will take the beating.

Labour may well implement PR if polls suggest that FPTP has become an existential threat to them.

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Show threadspangheroMar 17
@ReggieHere @petealexharris @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Labour are fast running out of time to implement it, assuming they even wanted to. I'm very sceptical and don't believe they have an implementable plan at this point, either.
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@spanghero

Well, they're running the risk of a Scotland-style wipeout in England and Wales if they stick with FPTP, but tbh I don't think too many people will mourn the loss.

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