Given that most of the arguments you're making might be advanced in favour of the old rotten boroughs, or a system without female suffrage, it does seem a bit like that. (View Post)

For one thing, given a situation like the present, with four or five parties having significant electoral support, and none in any position to form a majority, PR would at least provide a Parliament … (View Post)

Here's the view of a US (non MAGA) Republican. The strait was open. He starts a war. The strait closes. The world economy gets fucked. He doesn’t know what he’s doing, he gets bored, he declares… (View Post)

I'm sorry, but that seems a bit delusional to me. You're arguing that on national issues, it's better for your representation that you have a single local MP elected on (conceivably) 3… (View Post)

I don't accept that's the case. You're doing your own bit of begging the question there, IMO. Party identity - as opposed to anything the party actually stands for in practice - is bak… (View Post)