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Starmer’s resignation is latest product of the #chaos of First Past the Post (FPTP)

#Starmer’s #resignation should be a moment of reckoning. It is finally time to ask the tough questions about how we choose our #leaders, and how we choose the system that chooses them.

It would be easy to blame individual leaders. Whilst that inevitably plays a part, the #instability we are living through runs deeper than who occupies Number 10...

#FPTP #UK #elections #democracy #voting #vote

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... Our system of #electing #MPs, #FPTP, means national outcomes often bear little relation to how people actually #vote

- In 2024, #Labour’s 34% vote share translated into two-thirds of the seats. But that massive #majority hasn’t lent stability, because #stability comes from popular support.

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#UK #elections #voting #ProportionalRepresentation #Starmer #ToxicPolitics #DemocracyNOW

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Keir Starmer’s resignation is the latest product of the chaos of First Past the Post

Today Keir Starmer announced he will be resigning as Prime Minister. It is hard to overstate how remarkable that is. His government won 63% of all MPs on just 34% of the vote in 2024, gi