How is this democratic?

This is a shocking set of figures indicating that if Labour were to gain the second biggest share of the vote in a general election, they could still end up with a majority of parliamentary seats.

The Tories would need a swing of around 7% to win the next election outright. The 3% swing they have enjoyed since last May would probably be enough to deprive Labour of its overall majority, but would still leave it as the largest party.

Now, I'm no Tory supporter, but that is manifestly unfair and plays into the appalling current arrogance of the current Labour parliamentary leadership [and in the 80's ditto the Tory regime]. We desperately need a fairer electoral system to keep them on their toes and away from ramming through misguided legislation such as the current raft.

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Filed in: UK, politics, voting, PR, 2006