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🚨Dear @andyburnham: it’s time to scrap #FirstPastThePost!

Our voting system only breeds instability & chaos, & poisons our political culture. We know you agree.

Now is the time to fix our #democracy! 👇 https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/andy-burnham-make-fair-votes-happen

#Politics #ProportionalRepresentation

🚨Dear @andyburnham: it’s time to scrap #FirstPastThePost!

Our voting system only breeds instability & chaos, & poisons our political culture. We know you agree.

Now is the time to fix our #democracy! 👇 https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/andy-burnham-make-fair-votes-happen

#Politics #ProportionalRepresentation

🚨Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t! 😤 I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern #Britain. 🇬🇧 Join me here.👇
#Politics #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter

https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/194914/action/1

🚨Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t! 😤 I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern #Britain. 🇬🇧 Join me here.👇
#Politics #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter

https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/194914/action/1

https://www.europesays.com/britain/69958/ Britain’s push for proportional representation leaves Australia behind #AndyBurnham #Auspol #Australia #AustralianLaborParty #Britain #ConstitutionalReform #Democracy #Elections #ElectoralPolitics #ELECTORALREFORM #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #KlaasWoldring #LabourParty #PartyListVoting #PreferentialVoting #ProportionalRepresentation #representation #SingleTransferableVote #STV #UnitedKingdom #VotingSystems #Westminster

What does a super-majority mean and is it something we should worry about? https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/what-does-a-super-majority-mean-and-is-it-something-we-should-worry-about/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #FirstPastthePost #ElectoralReform #Super-Majority #GE2019

What does a super-majority mean and is it something we should worry about? https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/what-does-a-super-majority-mean-and-is-it-something-we-should-worry-about/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #FirstPastthePost #ElectoralReform #Super-Majority #GE2019

🚨The votes are still being counted, but one thing is clear: #FirstPastThePost is broken! 🗳️🤬
MPs elected while 2/3 of voters opposed them! 😤
Majority governments on a quarter of the vote! 😤 This isn't #democracy. Sign the letter calling for electoral reform 👇 #Politics #HumanRights #Justice #Oligarchs #MediaReform #Accountability #ProportionalRepresentation
https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/191527/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw

🚨The votes are still being counted, but one thing is clear: #FirstPastThePost is broken! 🗳️🤬
MPs elected while 2/3 of voters opposed them! 😤
Majority governments on a quarter of the vote! 😤 This isn't #democracy. Sign the letter calling for electoral reform 👇 #Politics #HumanRights #Justice #Oligarchs #MediaReform #Accountability #ProportionalRepresentation
https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/191527/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw

"Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible" by Veritasium

#Elections #Democracy #Voting #FirstPastThePost #RankedChoice #instantrunnoffvoting

If you watch to the end there is hope.

And a lot of the options lead to less vitriolic campaigns.

https://youtu.be/qf7ws2DF-zk?si=vS6h9Tg0lKfi-f2m

@gemelliz
#NDP #StrategicVoting has the power to win this election

Ideally there should be a way to demand recompense

But #FirstPastThePost is the least changeable system of electoral government running 😫

@gemelliz
#NDP #StrategicVoting has the power to win this election

Ideally there should be a way to demand recompense

But #FirstPastThePost is the least changeable system of electoral government running 😫

At 3pm on CKMS #CommunityConnections I'll be talking to Kae Elgie of #CooperateForCanada about their plans to overcome the problems with #FirstPastThePost by implementing a form of #StrategicVoting. Listen to @radiowaterloo.ca on CKMS-FM 102.7, online at https://radiowaterloo.ca/listen or YouTube Live at https://youtu.be/Du2RoBvEHGc

#CommunityRadio #WaterlooRegion #FPTP #ElectoralReform #ONpoli #CDNpoli #CanPoli #OntarioElection #ONElxn44

At 3pm on CKMS #CommunityConnections I'll be talking to Kae Elgie of #CooperateForCanada about their plans to overcome the problems with #FirstPastThePost by implementing a form of #StrategicVoting. Listen to @radiowaterloo.ca on CKMS-FM 102.7, online at https://radiowaterloo.ca/listen or YouTube Live at https://youtu.be/Du2RoBvEHGc

#CommunityRadio #WaterlooRegion #FPTP #ElectoralReform #ONpoli #CDNpoli #CanPoli #OntarioElection #ONElxn44

#AndyBurnham does NOT support #ProportionalRepresentation #PR. 😡

Burnham supports #SupplementaryVote, also known as #AlternativeVote #AV, which is NOT a proportional system

And he will NOT scrap the current #FirstPastThePost #FPTP before the next general election #GE2029. So #ReformUK could win a huge overall majority on 30% of votes.

That makes a vote for #Burnham pointiess. He's a #Blairite who won't even introduce fair votes. 😡

There's no point to Burnham. Reject him, #Makerfield!

#ukpol

#AndyBurnham does NOT support #ProportionalRepresentation #PR. 😡

Burnham supports #SupplementaryVote, also known as #AlternativeVote #AV, which is NOT a proportional system

And he will NOT scrap the current #FirstPastThePost #FPTP before the next general election #GE2029. So #ReformUK could win a huge overall majority on 30% of votes.

That makes a vote for #Burnham pointiess. He's a #Blairite who won't even introduce fair votes. 😡

There's no point to Burnham. Reject him, #Makerfield!

#ukpol

#AndyBurnham does NOT support #ProportionalRepresentation #PR. 😡

Burnham supports #SupplementaryVote, also known as #AlternativeVote #AV, which is NOT a proportional system

And he will NOT scrap the current #FirstPastThePost #FPTP before the next general election #GE2029. So #ReformUK could win a huge overall majority on 30% of votes.

That makes a vote for #Burnham pointiess. He's a #Blairite who won't even introduce fair votes. 😡

There's no point to Burnham. Reject him, #Makerfield!

#ukpol

#AndyBurnham does NOT support #ProportionalRepresentation #PR. 😡

Burnham supports #SupplementaryVote, also known as #AlternativeVote #AV, which is NOT a proportional system

And he will NOT scrap the current #FirstPastThePost #FPTP before the next general election #GE2029. So #ReformUK could win a huge overall majority on 30% of votes.

That makes a vote for #Burnham pointiess. He's a #Blairite who won't even introduce fair votes. 😡

There's no point to Burnham. Reject him, #Makerfield!

#ukpol

#AndyBurnham does NOT support #ProportionalRepresentation #PR. 😡

Burnham supports #SupplementaryVote, also known as #AlternativeVote #AV, which is NOT a proportional system

And he will NOT scrap the current #FirstPastThePost #FPTP before the next general election #GE2029. So #ReformUK could win a huge overall majority on 30% of votes.

That makes a vote for #Burnham pointiess. He's a #Blairite who won't even introduce fair votes. 😡

There's no point to Burnham. Reject him, #Makerfield!

#ukpol

New blogpost at https://open.substack.com/pub/martinodoni/p/time-to-face-a-few-facts-about-brexit

Time for #electoralreform to #proportionalrepresentation, as #FirstPastThePost is only resulting in precisely the #instability and chaos it's supposed to protect us from.

#PR #FPTP

Change to London mayoral elections complicates thinking for independent candidates https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/change-to-london-mayoral-elections-complicates-thinking-for-independent-candidates/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #FirstPastthePost #Localdemocracy #MayorofLondon

Change to London mayoral elections complicates thinking for independent candidates https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/change-to-london-mayoral-elections-complicates-thinking-for-independent-candidates/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #FirstPastthePost #Localdemocracy #MayorofLondon

24 years ago the Greater London Authority Act gained royal assent https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/24-years-ago-the-greater-london-authority-act-gained-royal-assent/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #TheSupplementaryVote #FirstPastthePost #AlternativeVote #Localdemocracy #LondonAssembly #MayorofLondon #London #Mayors

24 years ago the Greater London Authority Act gained royal assent https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/24-years-ago-the-greater-london-authority-act-gained-royal-assent/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #TheSupplementaryVote #FirstPastthePost #AlternativeVote #Localdemocracy #LondonAssembly #MayorofLondon #London #Mayors

24 years ago the Greater London Authority Act gained royal assent https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/24-years-ago-the-greater-london-authority-act-gained-royal-assent/ #TheSupplementaryVote #FirstPastthePost #AlternativeVote #Localdemocracy #LondonAssembly #MayorofLondon #London #Mayors

24 years ago the Greater London Authority Act gained royal assent https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/24-years-ago-the-greater-london-authority-act-gained-royal-assent/ #TheSupplementaryVote #FirstPastthePost #AlternativeVote #Localdemocracy #LondonAssembly #MayorofLondon #London #Mayors

Strong government vs good government? First Past the Post means our governments will always fail to deliver https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/strong-government-vs-good-government-first-past-the-post-means-our-governments-will-always-fail-to-deliver/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #FirstPastthePost #ElectoralReform #Blunders

Strong government vs good government? First Past the Post means our governments will always fail to deliver https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/strong-government-vs-good-government-first-past-the-post-means-our-governments-will-always-fail-to-deliver/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #FirstPastthePost #ElectoralReform #Blunders

“'The Two Party System Is Dead – It's Time For Electoral Reform'”

by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack

@uk_politics
@UKLabour

“Campaigning backbench MP Alex Sobel and Darren Hughs of the Electoral Reform Society talk to the Byline Times Podcast about the need to make Parliament more accurately reflect our votes”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-two-party-system-is-dead-its

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #Broken #Dead #Labour

“'The Two Party System Is Dead – It's Time For Electoral Reform'”

by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack

@uk_politics
@UKLabour

“Campaigning backbench MP Alex Sobel and Darren Hughs of the Electoral Reform Society talk to the Byline Times Podcast about the need to make Parliament more accurately reflect our votes”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-two-party-system-is-dead-its

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #Broken #Dead #Labour

“'The Two Party System Is Dead – It's Time For Electoral Reform'”

by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack

@uk_politics
@UKLabour

“Campaigning backbench MP Alex Sobel and Darren Hughs of the Electoral Reform Society talk to the Byline Times Podcast about the need to make Parliament more accurately reflect our votes”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-two-party-system-is-dead-its

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #Broken #Dead #Labour

“'The Two Party System Is Dead – It's Time For Electoral Reform'”

by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack

@uk_politics
@UKLabour

“Campaigning backbench MP Alex Sobel and Darren Hughs of the Electoral Reform Society talk to the Byline Times Podcast about the need to make Parliament more accurately reflect our votes”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-two-party-system-is-dead-its

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #Broken #Dead #Labour

“'The Two Party System Is Dead – It's Time For Electoral Reform'”

by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack

@uk_politics
@UKLabour

“Campaigning backbench MP Alex Sobel and Darren Hughs of the Electoral Reform Society talk to the Byline Times Podcast about the need to make Parliament more accurately reflect our votes”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-two-party-system-is-dead-its

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #Broken #Dead #Labour

“The same, unfortunately, is also true for the other basic #institutional #reform that #Britain urgently needs i.e. the abolition of the out-dated #firstpastthepost #electoralsystem and its replacement by a moderated form of #proportionalrepresentation.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

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“The same, unfortunately, is also true for the other basic #institutional #reform that #Britain urgently needs i.e. the abolition of the out-dated #firstpastthepost #electoralsystem and its replacement by a moderated form of #proportionalrepresentation.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Chartbook 449: Voldemort on Th...

“The same, unfortunately, is also true for the other basic #institutional #reform that #Britain urgently needs i.e. the abolition of the out-dated #firstpastthepost #electoralsystem and its replacement by a moderated form of #proportionalrepresentation.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Chartbook 449: Voldemort on Th...

reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)

https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress

This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.

Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)

https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/

@realSiegfried @jrredho

reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)

https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress

This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.

Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)

https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/

@realSiegfried @jrredho

reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)

https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress

This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.

Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)

https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/

@realSiegfried @jrredho

reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)

https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress

This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.

Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)

https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/

@realSiegfried @jrredho

reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)

https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress

This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.

Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)

https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/

@realSiegfried @jrredho

@malavoie Also, please note that your assumption of "democratic government" in the UK is a category error.

Elections to the UK House of Commons use the notoriously undemocratic #FirstPastThePost voting system ##FPTP. in the 2024 general election, the so-called "LabourParty" got 63% of the seats with 34% of the votes. That's not democracy.

@MortonRobD

#ukpol

@malavoie Also, please note that your assumption of "democratic government" in the UK is a category error.

Elections to the UK House of Commons use the notoriously undemocratic #FirstPastThePost voting system ##FPTP. in the 2024 general election, the so-called "LabourParty" got 63% of the seats with 34% of the votes. That's not democracy.

@MortonRobD

#ukpol

🚨#Britain’s 🇬🇧 #voting system is broken!🤬70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it👏

But to make an impact, we need many more! I’ve urged my MP @josephpowell to support it with this tool. Pls contact yours too! 👇 #ProportionalRepresentation https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #Unity

🚨#Britain’s 🇬🇧 #voting system is broken!🤬70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it👏

But to make an impact, we need many more! I’ve urged my MP @josephpowell to support it with this tool. Pls contact yours too! 👇 #ProportionalRepresentation https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #Unity

🚨Britain’s voting system is broken!😤 70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it!👏

But to make an impact, we need many more. I’ve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too?👇 #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system

🚨Britain’s voting system is broken!😤 70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it!👏

But to make an impact, we need many more. I’ve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too?👇 #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system

🧵 1/2: If there's anything this #UKpol #localelections has definitely cemented, is how the #FirstPastThePost #FPTP system has been totally played by #Reform & its #billionaire supporters who absolutely don't need #PR, when the system already gives them a disproportionate representation as long as they pass the tipping point, (30% of votes gets 2/3 of seats). FPTP encourages #gerrymandering, which now started in the #UK.

https://archive.is/20250504011335/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reforms-magic-number-30-percent-is-tipping-point-to-turn-votes-into-seats-ckwrwjc7z

🧵 1/2: If there's anything this #UKpol #localelections has definitely cemented, is how the #FirstPastThePost #FPTP system has been totally played by #Reform & its #billionaire supporters who absolutely don't need #PR, when the system already gives them a disproportionate representation as long as they pass the tipping point, (30% of votes gets 2/3 of seats). FPTP encourages #gerrymandering, which now started in the #UK.

https://archive.is/20250504011335/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reforms-magic-number-30-percent-is-tipping-point-to-turn-votes-into-seats-ckwrwjc7z

Whoever wins today’s elections, democracy is the loser under first past the post | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/elections-democracy-first-past-the-post-labour-proportional-representation #ElectoralReform #LocalElections #LocalPolitics #Politics #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #Labour #UkNews #ReformUk