Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK’s general elections are run.
Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK’s general elections are run.
LD have been asking for PR voting at least since the 70’s. They have never took it away from their manifesto AFAIK.
They could not get Cameron to accept it. There is a huge difference between negotiation and removal.@[email protected] answered this properly https://feddit.uk/comment/2961968Labour and Conservative are happy with FPTP because it is easy to bribe the small amount of people in the swing vote areas. The rest of the country gets ignored. Smaller parties cannot compete in the funds to do this.
@Syldon @jonne absolutely. The Lib Dems have always favoured PR, including in Coalition.
@Syldon @jonne
Starmer is known to favour PR, and it is official Labour policy.
Got a source for that? Here’s one that contradicts you: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/24/keir-starmer-defies-call-for-changes-to-first-past-the-post-voting-system
Sorry everything I have heard is the to contrary of that. Do you have any source to indicate that?
Sorry but that’s bullshit.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/24/keir-starmer-defies-call-for-changes-to-first-past-the-post-voting-system
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/04/27/keir-starmer-now-opposes-scrapping-westminsters-voting-system-for-pr-in-blow-for-reformers/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23486672.labour-mimic-tories-keir-starmer-rejects-election-reform/