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What the UK really needs is proportional representation. The conservatives do not belong together in one party, but because of the election system any internal
by lordnacho 4y ago
What the UK really needs is proportional representation. The conservatives do not belong together in one party, but because of the election system any internal differences are allowed to happen informally via whips within the party constitution instead of the formal, national constitution. Labour has the same problem, as does the US FPTP system.
PR would allow different factions to negotiate under formal rules like in other countries, where when a support party loses confidence, they topple the government and cause an election. PR of course also has whips but there's the prospect of dissenters starting their own party.
For a look at how that works follow the Danish election that's coming up in a couple of weeks. The old PM quit and formed his own party, another of the old ruling party did the same, and both look to be grabbing quite a large share of votes.