does britain still have a first-past-the-post voting system? that means it's always going to be an either-or situation, the lesser of 2 evils. since nz adopted a proportional representation system in 1996, numerous small parties have had representation in parliament & currently the green party is the third largest with just over 10% (equating to 14 seats in parliament).
the nz system isn't perfect, & we also experienced a similar shock in the election last year when the sitting neoliberals cruised back in (this was before ponytailgate ... !!!), but at least we have a growing & viable green party to vote for, with some really good green MPs. h : ) On 9/05/15 12:36 27AM, James Morris wrote: > Edward said: "If Labour had said 'We're going to look after the most > vulnerable members of society properly, and if that means putting > taxes up, we'll put taxes up' then probably they still wouldn't have > won - given the overwhelmingly right-wing slant of most press > coverage, not to mention Milliband's extreme lack of charisma as a > leader - but at least we would have had a genuine alternative to vote > for. I voted Green." > > an overwhelmingly right-wing slant of the media, and an overwhelmingly > unsympathetic population. some of the shit i hear coming out of > peoples mouths is utterly depressing - the self righteous > [anti-racists amongst others] swap one set of prejudices for another. > > i voted green even though i expected if i told anyone i'd be informed > it was a wasted vote, or laughed at/sneered at/looked-down-a-nose-at, > by people in my life. some people say who you vote for isn't meant to > be talked about. sometimes think i should grow the balls to say i > voted green, but have played it safe so far. > > a wasted vote is a tactical vote for one party you don't want to vote > for to prevent another party you don't want to vote for, imo. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- helen varley jamieson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.talesfromthetowpath.net http://www.upstage.org.nz
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