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Because the party in power feels like they can win > 50% of the 16-17 year old vote and therefore it is an advantage to them. They do not feel that moving away
by terminalshort 1y ago
Because the party in power feels like they can win > 50% of the 16-17 year old vote and therefore it is an advantage to them. They do not feel that moving away from FPP is an advantage to them. Functioning democracy is not their goal. Staying in power is.
- plantain 1y agoNonsense. Labour (largely) supported ditching first past the post in the referendum. The opposition/conservative party campaigned against it.
- robin_reala 1y agoEvery time Labour gets into power, FPTP reformation is mysteriously never considered.
- leereeves 1y agoLabour was out of power at the time, and Conservatives were in power, so that's not a counterexample.
- mytailorisrich 1y agoLabour has an overwhelming majority in Parliament right now despite a relatively poor share of the vote because of FPTP. As long as Reform UK splits the Tory vote FPTP will continue to be in Labour's interests. In fact, at the moment moving away from FPTP would mostly benefit Reform UK and the Lib Dems, possibly the Tories, too as this point.