So much this.
See also: ‘first part the post’ protects political systems from extremists
Peter Geoghegan
The belief that voters under FPTP "find a way of getting what they want" is just mysticism.
It assumes that people whose votes are being ignored, backing parties that don't get represented, are somehow brilliantly manipulating the system to get an outcome different to the one they're voting for.
Robert Saunders
Mischievous by Andrew Grice, pointing out Burnham agrees with Blair (past) and Farage (more recent past) about proportional representation – but sound conclusion www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...
