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It doesn't matter if you're a Labor fan, the good times won't last. If you don't install proportional representation this will come back to bite you in the ass as it has before.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I seem to remember Labour in the UK promising proportional representation in the 1990s, only to win a landslide in 1997 and never mention it again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

LibDems? We did vote for AV, and the 51% idiots voted against it.

AV for Commons, PR for the Lords replacement.