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posted by [identity profile] marnanel.livejournal.com at 11:48pm on 09/05/2005
Also a problem with the current system. Do you vote for the friendly Tory or the unlikeable Lib Dem? (Not that this was a problem in any recent election for me, mind.)
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posted by [identity profile] atreic.livejournal.com at 07:25am on 10/05/2005
Err, no, it's a different problem. Both systems have problems, but they're not the same problem.

The "nice person, nasty party" problem is fairly fundamental to a party politics system, but the "list" problem, is "I like Labour #3 more than anyone else in the country, but really really hate Labour #2, and there is no way of showing this with my vote" In your problem *you* can decide whether for you "nice tory">"nasty libdem" and vote accordingly, in a list situation you can't.

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posted by [personal profile] rmc28 at 08:00am on 10/05/2005
I would vote for the nice Tory if I really loathed the LibDem - better to have a rebel in a party I don't support than a git in the party I do.
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