There’s a reason why fringe parties tend to remain on the fringe.
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jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 weeks agoI’m not familiar with UK parties to be honest, outside of Labour, the two make-rich-people-richer parties and the insanity party I don’t even know which parties there are. If I were British I’d vote for the leftmost and most environmentally friendly party I could find. If that is the Greens then that sounds good to me
ronl2k@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
essell@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well, me too.
Sadly they’re a long long way from any real power.
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That’s probably keeping many likeminded people from voting for them. A result of the deeply unfair FPTP voting system. In my country we long ago had a similar system, it resulted in a single party state, until it was reformed to a proportional system.
essell@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That would definitely increase both voting and representation for the Greens, yes.
Tactical voting is a big thing in the UK to mitigate some of the imbalance of the FPTP system, along with informal electoral pacts between parties.
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Our peoportional system isn’t bad, but I think Australia’s ranked choice voting is the best. In my country it’s still possible to waste a vote because the party didn’t get a single seat. In Australia this never happens. They also make it mandatory to vote, which I want for my country too.