Post ATTGcjZgHSkPxBfOUK by keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org
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 (DIR) Post #ATTGcht6YH62iqjsUC by keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org
       2023-03-10T07:48:32Z
       
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       The reality of the UK’s two-party system is that #Labour only needs to be slightly less right-wing than the Tories to win an election, which is what we’re seeing. UK politics won’t change until there is #ElectoralReform to adopt #ProportionalRepresentation instead of #FPTP.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATTGciwgcRYW0FQFhw by keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org
       2023-03-10T07:58:32Z
       
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       Brexit and immigration are a case in point. The Tory government is doing all it can to make these issues into a trap for Labour, whose response is to position itself just to the left of the Tories. This will put many people off, but given the alternative it makes sense to vote Labour anyway to keep the Tories out (except in Scotland where people have turned to the SNP, though that may be changing). Consequently nobody gets to vote for what they want and the country lurches further to the right.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATTGcjZgHSkPxBfOUK by keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org
       2023-03-10T08:05:51Z
       
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       Supporters of #FPTP say that it produces strong government. But that’s lie. It produces flip-flopping from left to right, with governments spending most of their time undoing the work of their predecessors while ignoring priority issues on which there is consensus. Nothing moves forward, people become alienated, and corruption sets in. It’s been this way all my adult life, and there’s little sign that things will change soon without serious pressure from the electorate for democratic reform.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATTGck4AS78NTjvk0W by johnelalamo@mcr.wtf
       2023-03-10T11:26:34Z
       
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       @keithwilson The way the LOTO in UK seems to forget the massive push for an end to FPTP within the Labour Party means more FPTP and Tories back in power in, say 2030. Regular as clockwork.