Voting reform is something I believe in. If we had adopted preferential voting (Single Transferable Vote), the BNP would not have gained a seat in the European Parliament. It is this ridiculous form of PR that has allowed a party with under 10% of the vote a seat in the European Parliament. This sets back the cause for voting reform. Please understand: Preferential Voting would not allow this to happen. Electoral Reform is needed, but not in this way.
I am angry tonight and I am not alone. If you want to blame anyone, blame Labour. They adopted this ridiculous form of voting.
3 comments:
No Andrew I disagree - the real problem is why people who feel neither main pary is listineing to them turn to the BNP.
The country is becoming more and more Eurosceptic, and Cameron is veiwed as equally unlikely to listen to them as Brown did, so which other partie has decided views on the EU - the UKIP and the BNP.
Brown is not listening to the country and neither is Cameron. This is not a electoral reform problem it is a policy problem - and if you don't fix it you might find things get even worse for the Tories in the GE.
I agree, see my blog www.anotherpyrrhicvictory.blogspot.com Just to rub the salt in Griffin is in too, without that system it wouldn't have happened.
I disagree with PR, but if you agree with it, I would argue that any party that gets 10% of the vote should get 10% of the seats on offer.
How is that not fair?
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