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Most voters in Great Britain now live in a constituency where the top two parties are not Labour and the Conservatives (feddit.uk)
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I count 306 seats where Labour are 1st and the Conservatives 2nd, or Conservatives 1st and Labour 2nd.

In the other 326 seats, either the Lib Dems, Reform, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru or independents are a top two party. Where most voters live, the traditional Labour vs Conservative debate is no longer the relevant one.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

I think this election proves we need two major changes:

  1. PR so everyone is equally represented whether we like them or not.

  2. Australian style mandatory voting. My betting is that a lot of people who would have voted labour this election stayed home because of how much the media showed it was on the bag for labour.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    This combination can lead to donkey voting.

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