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posted by [identity profile] claroscuro.livejournal.com at 09:04am on 10/05/2005
Ok. Let us put this way: If myself (Currently a LibDem voter) and my Conservative friend can both agree we don't want Labour, and that we would rather see each other's governments than Labour's (as long as the majorities were slim), it would be nice to be able to say this.

On the other hand, I don't think a 'voting test' would help. To be perfectly frank, voting for the prettyest logo isn't a bad way to choose between the parties at some points, so why should one not?

I might, in my heart of hearts, desire that the electorate be made up of people who are not frighteningly stupid; however, if I felt the system actually in some way reflected 'the will of the people', I would be at least able to shrug and say, "I disagree, but your option". As it is, I feel that the government is the will of a third of the country, giving us a majority that don't want it. That is what I resent; not 'not-winning', but feeling voiceless.
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posted by [identity profile] tienelle.livejournal.com at 11:18am on 10/05/2005
It's been asserted at me (probably by [livejournal.com profile] edith_the_hutt) that FPTP was set up with the intention of providing a government, even when the electorate was divided. A Hung Parliament was deemed worse than providing a government only a third of the electorate voted for.
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