STV is my favoured system. ISTR FPTP is second above AV, but I can't now think of a good reason why that should be the case. Any systemof party lists like d'hondt comes bottom, though it�… (View Post)

Well said. And nor, I would argue, can you have FPTP - we had an entertaining argument on here some months back about what FPTP means. It was convincingly suggested that technically the system for el… (View Post)

I'm like a broken record on this, but AV is not PR. It's a perfectly plausible outcome that the Tories would do even worse under AV than they will under FPTP. (View Post)

To be fair, mind, most analysts I read said "what on earth is he up to? This seems daft." or words to that effect. I'm with BenPointer on this. It was going to shit anyway. (View Post)

Of all the worrying things about SKS, this is the worst. Can you imagine Corbyn in charge during covid? Or for the Ukraine war? Not that it matters nowof course. We dodged that bullet. (View Post)