Andy Wootton6d ago

I was really hoping #UKLabour would have time to scrap #FPTP before they committed hara-kiri.

I don't see a potential replacement for Starmer who looks like a safer bet that I would vote for. What they need is to play as a team and stop Starmer announcing daft ideas before they've all thought them through. It's not strong leadership to make mistakes on your own. If they were collective mistakes then they may as well go now and let Honest Nige finish us off.

Show threadKen Milmore
@woo I don't think they mentioned electoral reform in their manifesto, so they might get a lot of push back for just pulling PR out of a hat. I do think they could go for a deliberate anti Reform agenda, maybe declaring they will cooperate with other parties to keep Reform out, but it would be a high risk strategy, and a bit of a U turn since they have been trying to lean right so far.
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Show threadAndy Wootton5d ago
@kbm0 I didn't say "PR" because it doesn't mean anything. I meant STV. It's an objectively fairer system with so many parties competing. It takes the "PR" we rejected to it's logical conclusion, so people who's first choice doesn't win have their opinion taken into account if there's no clear majorty choice. It wasn't in their manifesto because they thought they could win under FPTP, like the Tories before them, and Reform now, though they've U-turned in the last year.
Show threadKen Milmore5d ago
@woo I guess by the same token, if they were to wheel out STV after we rejected AV at a national referendum, we might see some raised eyebrows. I would certainly support it though: FPTP has become completely untenable. But the particular prospect of a Reform government frightens me enormously: I don't think people realise the danger they are inviting there.
Show threadAndy Wootton5d ago
@kbm0 That appears to include half the Labour MPs. How dare they risk triggering a General Election that Reform could win?