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Originally Posted by tito
Nigel Farage said on TV once "We need to see some element of PR".
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I think the French have the best system for their domestic elections - the alternative vote and the second ballot.
Neither are true PR but it is better than FPTP because at least you can do more with your vote.
UKIP would have won three council seats in Dudley this May with the alternative vote simply on the basis of adding the BNP vote to UKIP....
In ''safe'' Labour seats Tories would have nothing to lose by voting UKIP first, in ''safe'' Tory seats the same applies to Labour and LibDem voters.
But the main advantage of the alternative vote is that it can encourage more people to vote.
Another proposal has been suggested, the ''none of the above'' option on the ballot paper. If under FPTP it was a requirement that where ''none of the above'' won the seat remains vacant is interesting - just how many empty seats would there be in Parliament? And if it is 330 or more we can have a ''none of the above'' Government, ie. no Government at all - at least there would be no more Maasthricht treaties, and as income tax has to be renewed annually, it would lapse so we would be kicked out of the EU by default for not paying the membership fee....