no-one is saying AV = PR
You cant have PR and designated constituency MPs. For better or for worse, that's the system that this country has. AV would, perhaps, have been a fairer way to elect a local MP than FPTP but we rejected it.
To have PR, you need to abolish constituency MPs in favour of party lists (like in Euro elections and, I think, Holyrood? Might be mistaken on that last one). You'd never again have a 'Portillo moment' (Or a 'Balls moment' or a 'Jim Muphy' moment) and a local area would never be able to depose an MP that they didn't like. The price we pay for that is FPTP and smaller parties not being in Parliament.
If you want more equal boundary sizes then you will probably get that once the Tories get around to it (Lib Dems stopped them last time)
Posted By: CWC on May 9th 2015 at 21:45:45
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- Protests kicking off in London today. (General Chat) - harry boulders, May 9, 19:49:48
- They are all a disgrace to be fair. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 9, 21:03:19
- Protests against democracy are they? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, May 9, 20:16:42
- This has seriously fucked me off big time (General Chat) - harry boulders, May 9, 20:33:29
- Fucking scum deserve a slap. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 9, 20:47:21
- This has seriously fucked me off big time (General Chat) - harry boulders, May 9, 20:33:29
- Charlotte Church is 'Mad as Hell' and she's not going to take it any more. (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, May 9, 19:54:04
- Spot the next reason to protest (General Chat) - harry boulders, May 9, 19:52:52
- they are correct though ! Rightly or wrongly (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:18:25
- if only there had been a vote to change it (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 9, 21:38:41
- Please - not the AV thing again ..... (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:39:26
- because we have constituency MPs (General Chat) - CWC, May 9, 21:22:01
- AV is not the same as PR and what pisses me off when we had a (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:32:19
- noone (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, May 9, 21:36:35
- no-one is saying AV = PR (General Chat) - CWC, May 9, 21:45:45
- True - before now neither Labour or Conservative would want (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:52:15
- or, controversially, they could just come up with some policies that (General Chat) - CWC, May 9, 22:03:33
- Well it obviously is. I get that you are Conservative now though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 22:12:26
- or, controversially, they could just come up with some policies that (General Chat) - CWC, May 9, 22:03:33
- True - before now neither Labour or Conservative would want (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:52:15
- Peter (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:37:37
- no-one is saying AV = PR (General Chat) - CWC, May 9, 21:45:45
- noone (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, May 9, 21:36:35
- AV is not the same as PR and what pisses me off when we had a (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:32:19
- if only there had been a vote to change it (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 9, 21:38:41
- they are correct though ! Rightly or wrongly (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 9, 21:18:25
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