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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To me this is tinkering with the edges of a broken system. How about some proper voting reform?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The public rejected that at referendum.

[–] DavidGA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

A generation ago.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How about an actual referendum on whether or not we need a better system rather than "do you want this plaster putting on it?"

Single transferable vote is not a solution to the first past the post problem. It's literally the same system with a minor fix which won't really result in any change since we effectively live in a two-party system anyway.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

It was AV in the referendum not STV