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But they voted for first past the post!! In my opinion that was the defining moment that cemented the UK's decline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_
by plantain 4y ago
But they voted for first past the post!!
In my opinion that was the defining moment that cemented the UK's decline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternativ...
- rjsw 4y agoI voted against an Alternative Vote, I do support Proportional Representation.
- pjc50 4y agoWell then we got neither. That was a once in a generation vote, holding out for a better option was a very bad idea.
- rsynnott 4y agoWatching from next door (we've had STV PR in Ireland since independence), I never got this. PR _wasn't on offer_. Unless you actually preferred first past the post to AV (PR > FPTP > AV seems like a weird preference ranking, but I suppose it might be _someone's_), why on earth didn't you vote for AV?
- LatteLazy 4y agoWelcome to England where people prefer Bojo to Kier because Kier isn't left wing enough...
- rjsw 4y agoI live in a safe seat but feel that if I lived elsewhere then I could get the same effect as AV by just voting tactically.
- rsynnott 4y agoYou might very well _feel_ that, but unless everyone votes tactically (which would require coordination), it's not really true.