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    #11
    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    You haven't really figured out how UK general elections work, have you?
    In the 2015 election if it hadn't been for our BS first past the post system and instead proportional representation was adopted, UKIP would've had a worrying number of seats. That's what a significant (12.6%) of people wanted, yet they got one MP in parliament. Works really well this system does.

    EDIT: Should add I am not a UKIP supporter!

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      #12
      Originally posted by mattfx View Post
      In the 2015 election if it hadn't been for our BS first past the post system and instead proportional representation was adopted, UKIP would've had a worrying number of seats. That's what a significant (12.6%) of people wanted, yet they got one MP in parliament. Works really well this system does.

      EDIT: Should add I am not a UKIP supporter!
      It works to keep the Tories in power most of the time, which is its purpose.

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        #13
        Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
        You haven't really figured out how UK general elections work, have you?
        Are you my Dad?

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          #14
          Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
          It works to keep the Tories in power most of the time, which is its purpose.
          Hardly. It works to give Labour more seats than its fair share (see: Boundary Changes)

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            #15
            Originally posted by Platypus View Post
            Hardly. It works to give Labour more seats than its fair share (see: Boundary Changes)
            That is not the purpose of the FPP electoral system. Boundaries will favour different parties at different times.

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              #16
              Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
              Are you my Dad?
              That could be any one of us.

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                #17
                Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
                That could be any one of us.
                Save for it being a mathematical impossibility.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
                  Save for it being a mathematical impossibility.
                  How so?

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
                    How so?
                    You'd all need to be over a certain age of which not all are.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
                      You'd all need to be over a certain age of which not all are.
                      Why, how old are you?

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