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Comment on YSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes

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elgordino@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I remember David Cameron being interviewed by John Humphries on Today (the Radio 4 morning news show). Cameron basically lied about what was in the proposal to make it sound like it was some crackpot idea, Humphries did nothing to call him out on it.

Same went for most media coverage really.

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Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s almost like it’s a hobby for Conservatives to lie.

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- TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  We’re way past hobby territory and into full blown professionals.
  
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  - Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Indeed.
    
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- tomi000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Its their job actually
  
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- sicjoke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s almost like it’s a hobby for ~~Conservatives~~ politicians to lie.
  
  FTFY.
  
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RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
TBF the people that wanted reform had been pushing for PR. AV was a compromise nobody really liked.

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