But it's a system where individuals campaign, and have their own platforms.
Hence there is variation of views within parties- Ken Clarke is far further to the left than Osborne, for example.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 21:56, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I know that
but I can't vote for Ken can I. I like the Dutch system where you can vote for either a party, or a person, or pretty much anything you like. And they have very high turnouts.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 22:04, Reply)

You can't vote for Ken unless you live in his constituency, no.
Meh. I like PR on an intellectual level, but FPTP on a pragmatic level.

As long as there is party politics you'll always have to vote for someone who doesn't quite match your views, or stand yourself as an independent.

And that is just madness.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 22:10, Reply)

There are much better ways of having a constituency link
than FPTP. In fact pretty much every other way is better than FPTP.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 22:17, Reply)