On the 5th of May Britain will have a vote on changing the current first past the post voting system to a proportional vote.
In 1994 New Zealand changed to a proportional vote called Mixed Member Proportional, this is much like the system they use in many places in Germany. Australia also uses this method to vote for it's Senate.
It's hoped that the change will help stop the Jobs of Life mentality of those MPs in safe seats. The major parties don't want it. Not at all! So you know it has to be a good thing.
The No campaign will tell you it's only used by a few countries, when it's actually used by over 80, and the current First Past the Post is prone to wasted votes and our old friend Gerry Mander.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good -
Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken
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