Cambus731
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I'm not going to pretend to entirely understand AMS but I remember doing Politics GCE and it did seem to be the most sensible form of PR.
I used to be in favour of First Past the Post, but not anymore.
In reality very few people's votes really matter in FPTP and it does tend to create governments with large majorities,which can the effect of giving the party in power a sense of arrogance. As happened with both Thatcher and to a lesser extent Blair.
People say that PR would create weaker governments, but I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing as it would have a moderating effect on policies. where extreme left or extreme right ideas would have little chance of getting a look in.
I used to be in favour of First Past the Post, but not anymore.
In reality very few people's votes really matter in FPTP and it does tend to create governments with large majorities,which can the effect of giving the party in power a sense of arrogance. As happened with both Thatcher and to a lesser extent Blair.
People say that PR would create weaker governments, but I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing as it would have a moderating effect on policies. where extreme left or extreme right ideas would have little chance of getting a look in.