Scottish Labour leader ditches support for electoral reform after most distorted win ever
July 7, 2024
Scottish Labour leader ditches support for electoral reform after most distorted win ever
by Mr_Sinclair_1745
11 comments
Mc Flipflop??
😂😂😂
The political version of “you only sing when you’re winning” is “you only campaign for electoral reform when you’re losing”!
Of course
Good one of the reasons we can have strong British governments is the imperfect FPTP system. The Scottish “vote til you boak” system is a fucking shambles. If the Greens can get in that door so can the fascists
Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas.
When did Sarwar ever support it?
I’ve noticed quite a few people who called out the unfairness of FPTP prior to the election result, now seem to support it given its returned a huge Labour majority.
I’d much rather a Labour government any day of the week, and I’d much rather the tories and reform et al pushed to obscurity, but supporting a PR system, means supporting whatever result democracy returns. Even if it means a coalition government with a strong Reform opposition.
The ironic thing is that without PR, Sarwar would be without a seat.
It begins
Pretty hypocritical coming from the telegraph given how strongly opposed the Tories have been to PR. Now that FPTP actually worked against them for a change, suddenly they’re all for it.
Bottom line is, if your opinion on PR changes depending on whether “your side” has benefitted from FPTP or not, you don’t actually believe in fair representation or democracy. That applies regardless of which party you support.
Labour are short-sighted idiots when it comes to electoral reform.
It doesn’t take a genius to realise that over the last century they’ve spent more time out of power than in it, the thing that repeatedly returns Tory governments is that the centre-left/left-wing vote is largely split, whilst it’s largely united behind the Tories.
Labour get into power maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the time, where under a proportional system they’d be in power almost consistently, but as the larger partner of a coalition government.
They’d rather get absolute power for a short period every 15-20 years than have a larger ongoing influence more frequently.
Boom, there it is, no Electoral Reform under Scottish Labour.
11 comments
Mc Flipflop??
😂😂😂
The political version of “you only sing when you’re winning” is “you only campaign for electoral reform when you’re losing”!
Of course
Good one of the reasons we can have strong British governments is the imperfect FPTP system. The Scottish “vote til you boak” system is a fucking shambles. If the Greens can get in that door so can the fascists
Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas.
When did Sarwar ever support it?
I’ve noticed quite a few people who called out the unfairness of FPTP prior to the election result, now seem to support it given its returned a huge Labour majority.
I’d much rather a Labour government any day of the week, and I’d much rather the tories and reform et al pushed to obscurity, but supporting a PR system, means supporting whatever result democracy returns. Even if it means a coalition government with a strong Reform opposition.
The ironic thing is that without PR, Sarwar would be without a seat.
It begins
Pretty hypocritical coming from the telegraph given how strongly opposed the Tories have been to PR. Now that FPTP actually worked against them for a change, suddenly they’re all for it.
Bottom line is, if your opinion on PR changes depending on whether “your side” has benefitted from FPTP or not, you don’t actually believe in fair representation or democracy. That applies regardless of which party you support.
Labour are short-sighted idiots when it comes to electoral reform.
It doesn’t take a genius to realise that over the last century they’ve spent more time out of power than in it, the thing that repeatedly returns Tory governments is that the centre-left/left-wing vote is largely split, whilst it’s largely united behind the Tories.
Labour get into power maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the time, where under a proportional system they’d be in power almost consistently, but as the larger partner of a coalition government.
They’d rather get absolute power for a short period every 15-20 years than have a larger ongoing influence more frequently.
Boom, there it is, no Electoral Reform under Scottish Labour.