Here is Andy Burnham’s route to save Labour: a new manifesto, a new election and electoral reform | Polly Toynbee
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Proportional representation can rescue Britain’s warped politics. It could stop Nigel Farage arriving at No 10 with less than 30% of the vote, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

If Burnham becomes PM, should he call a new election with electoral reform in his manifesto?

Labour’s current options are limited due to the limited manifesto they ran on in 2024.

Of course the risk with a general election is that it could put Farage into number 10 with a Reform/Tory coalition government.

What do you think?

  • FarraigePlaisteach@piefed.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    We have proportional representation in our country. Specifically, it’s PR-STV (all implementations are not equal). It’s widely credited for keeping imported culture wars and hysterics at a lower level than other countries in the EU.

    It’s not a silver bullet, but I would be afraid for any country that stays with FPTP in the the days of the dark-money-to-dark-algorithm pipeline were all witnessing.