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I mean, the British public are very very wary of PR, particularly party list systems that enforce candidates without an easy/direct way to get rid of specific individuals. I don't think we'll see full PR, but I'm hoping this will generate public support for STV or similar. Lib/Lab/Green/SNP have very distinct supporters and I think it's a mistake to think that permanent coalitions of the same parties would actually be a good thing. Most parties, and all larger parties, are coalitions within themselves. If the voting system changes, then at some point, Tories and Labour will both fragment into 2 or 3 parties each. Not immediately obviously, as the party machine brings a lot of ground work with it. That said, we've seen with Faiza Shaheen and Leanne Mohammed's near misses, and Corbyn and the 3 other independent's victories, if a candidate can bring a lot of the campaigning staff with them, they can make electoral waves.
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Sure but i mean most of the time voters just get what they’re given under fptp too and vote for the party. Independents and mavericks are still vanishingly rare in fptp and never have any actual power.
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I love Arabesque, one of the stand out tracks from that album, the Simz track was fantastic, both in the polished performance and the production which sounded amazing where we were in the field, really pounded. Probably the 2 songs in the set that others might have considered filler but were stand out performances for me.
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No voting system is perfect. The problem I have with PR is it shifts away from individual MP's towards party groups. It's harder for independents and mavericks to get elected. To get around this the Scottish system has constituency MSP plus top ups from party lists which I don't like
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