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Don't you currently have some power sharing with a new 3rd party (liberal democrats)? Besides that, what makes you think you can't for for a party that isn't "
by Nutmog 11y ago
Don't you currently have some power sharing with a new 3rd party (liberal democrats)?
Besides that, what makes you think you can't for for a party that isn't "realistic"? Do you only want to vote for a party that will probably win? Then it's not really you voting on your own preference, you're instead acting as an amplifier for what other people want.
It's a misconception people have assuming their vote is wasted on a minor candidate and somehow contributes to the success of a major one. A single person's vote is negligible no matter who they vote for. When all the people who want candidate X vote for candidate Y instead, then there's a failure of the system.
- madaxe_again 11y agoNo, that ended - purely Conservative government now. The electoral system here is really broken, from the gerrymandered constituencies to the FPTP voting system. On the note of FPTP we had a referendum to vote for STV - and propaganda successfully convinced the voters to stick with broken but known. Part of the reason I am so sure we will end up voting to leave the EU. Independent candidates very occasionally win a seat but the deck is so severely stacked against them they may as well not exist. UKIP, who I do not support, are the most successful "outsider" party that has arisen in recent years - and despite a substantial share of the popular vote were decimated in the election. We are seeing a rise in voting for outsider candidates, but at the current scale it actually helps the incumbent powers, as the opposition vote ends up fragmented. If we want to save humanity we may need to completely rethink governance, as the current incestuous relationship between powerful governments and powerful interests is literally killing us.